69 Quotes by Norman Jewison

It’s an entire industry focusing on young male viewers that want action and violence. They sell us something that isn’t valid. They’re selling films like a product.

I was very disappointed that Denzel didn’t win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.

I’m in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy.

We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We’re always on the side of the animal being chased.

In America there’s no rights for the artist, so whatever films I’ve made kind of belong to the studio.

I still get a lot of material but I find that as one gets older you get more fussy. You know you’re going spend a year or a year and a half on this and you know there are only so many films in you so you get a little bit more selective.

When you deal with a film that takes place in Europe, and you’re going to work in English, you’d better work with European actors.

Michael Caine is a movie star, but he’s also a great actor. I can’t say that about every movie star. It’s the concentration he has.

A lot of American actors I work with are in character all day long. You can’t talk to them. It’s Method and the whole thing.