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Norman Jewison [1926-0] Canadian

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Director, Film director

Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, O.Ont is a Canadian film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. He has directed dozens of feature films and has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director three times in three separate decades for In the Heat of the Night, Fiddler on the Roof and Moonstruck.

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We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We're always on the side of the animal being chased.		101
I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic.		102
Betrayal... is my favorite subject.		103
We're always on the side of the animal that's being chased. We always seem to be on the side of the rabbit or the fox and not on the side of the hounds.		104
I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film.		105
When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda. If I wanted to do that, I'd make documentaries.		106
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.		107
I'm just a storyteller.		108
I think you get better as you get older.		109
Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.		110
And I think all Nazis didn't see themselves as bad people. I've never met a racist yet who thought he was a racist. Or an anti-Semite who thought they were anti-Semitic.		111
I work with a lot of movie stars.		112
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.		113
With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in.		114
Do what you're told, and everything will be all right.		115
I don't make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.		116
I'm in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy.	Romantic	117
When you shoot a musical, you're shooting to lipsynch tracks, so we had to figure out our choreography and work out what we wanted to do with each number before we did it.		118
I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler.		119
Everything Sholom Aleichem talks about in his plays and his short stories is about people, family, man's relationship with his God, the breaking down of tradition.		120
In America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio.		121
I was very disappointed that Denzel didn't win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.		122
Moonstruck... was one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.	Romantic	123
I think I've done pretty well. I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards, so I don't have any complaints.		124
Well, you know the old line - to be nominated is what it's all about. I think that I've done pretty well - I've had about 46, or 47 nominations from my movies, and my films have won about 12 awards in total, so I don't really have any complaints.		125
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.		126
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.		201
I mean they're making remakes of my films and I'm not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?		202
I don't like to think that maybe I'm just getting old. I'm not too excited about watching a huge explosion. I'm more interested in people and characters.		203
Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film.		204
But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies.		205
As you know, in America there's no rights for the artist, so whatever films I've made kind of belong to the studio, so if they want to remake it they can.		206
And even Moonstruck - for some reason the audience were just in the mood for a very romantic film, because it's one of the few romantic comedies to be nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.	Romantic	207

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