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33 quotes by Norman Jewison

Norman Frederick Jewison, CC, O.Ont (born July 21, 1926) is a Canadian film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre. Highlights of his directing career include The Cincinnati Kid (1965), The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966), In the Heat of the Night (1967), The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), F.I.S.T (1978), ...And Justice for All (1979), A...
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Betrayal... is my favorite subject.

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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... →

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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.

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I'm going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film.

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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... →

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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... →

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I'm just a storyteller.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies.

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Do what you're told, and everything will be all right.

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Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film.

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