A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago,
and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values.
All of us every single year, we're a different person. I don't think we're the same person all our lives.
Every time I go to a movie, it's magic, no matter what the movie's about.
I am an American Jew and aware of the sensitivities involved in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
I don't think any movie or any book or any work of art can solve the stalemate in the Middle East today. But it's certainly worth a try.
I dream for a living.
I interviewed survivors, I went to Poland, saw the cities and spent time with the people and spoke to the Jews who had come back to Poland after the war and talked about why they had come back.
I'd rather direct than produce. Any day. And twice on Sunday.
I'm always in favor of Israel responding strongly when it's threatened. At the same time, a response to a response doesn't really solve anything. It just creates a perpetual-motion machine.
I'm not really interested in making money.
I've discovered I've got this preoccupation with ordinary people pursued by large forces.
There is something about killing people at close range that is excruciating. It's bound to try a man's soul.
When I grow up, I still want to be a director.
When war comes, two things happen - profits go way, way up and all perishables go way, way down. There becomes a market for them.