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Top 30 Norman Jewison Quotes (2025 Update)

Norman Jewison Quote: “Do what you’re told, and everything will be all right.”

1. “Do what you’re told, and everything will be all right.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “Obviously, In The Heat Of The Night was a landmark movie because the timing was perfect. It was in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement.”

2. “Obviously, In The Heat Of The Night was a landmark movie because the timing was perfect. It was in the middle of the Civil Rights Movement.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “I try to find stories that I would think that everyone would find interesting, and just a good entertaining story, and then if I can find a story that has a raison d’etre behind it that I feel is important then that’s the best for me.”

3. “I try to find stories that I would think that everyone would find interesting, and just a good entertaining story, and then if I can find a story that has a raison d’etre behind it that I feel is important then that’s the best for me.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “I don’t make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.”

4. “I don’t make films to win prizes. I make films to make films.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “Every generation deals with the breaking down of its tradition, and I think that they rediscovered the film.”

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

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “We live in an age of publicity and hype. There’s something about success that dehumanizes you, whereas failure reminds you of who you really are.”

6. “We live in an age of publicity and hype. There’s something about success that dehumanizes you, whereas failure reminds you of who you really are.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “I mean they’re making remakes of my films and I’m not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?”

7. “I mean they’re making remakes of my films and I’m not even dead yet! Why would you want to make a remake?”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “I’m in the mood for another Moonstruck experience, for another romantic comedy.”

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

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “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.”

9. “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.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “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.”

10. “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.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “The eradication of anti-personnel mines around the world is one of the most important tasks facing the international community.”

11. “The eradication of anti-personnel mines around the world is one of the most important tasks facing the international community.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “Look, I’m just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.”

12. “Look, I’m just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “In America there’s no rights for the artist, so whatever films I’ve made kind of belong to the studio.”

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

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “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.”

14. “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.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “But Madonna has a small amount of talent when it comes to movies.”

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

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “But I’ve never met a racist yet who thinks he’s a racist. That’s always the disturbing thing about when we begin to look at ourselves.”

16. “But I’ve never met a racist yet who thinks he’s a racist. That’s always the disturbing thing about when we begin to look at ourselves.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “We also have a tendency to root for the fugitive. We’re always on the side of the animal being chased.”

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

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “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.”

18. “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.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “When the small independent film, which depends on its artistic appeal rather than wide commercial distribution by an MPAA member, is now denied access, the playing field becomes unfair and uneven.”

19. “When the small independent film, which depends on its artistic appeal rather than wide commercial distribution by an MPAA member, is now denied access, the playing field becomes unfair and uneven.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “I work with a lot of movie stars.”

20. “I work with a lot of movie stars.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “The album for Fiddler really took off. I think it was a combination of John Williams and the score. It was a very classy big album.”

21. “The album for Fiddler really took off. I think it was a combination of John Williams and the score. It was a very classy big album.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “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.”

22. “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.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “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.”

23. “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.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler.”

24. “I was really excited to have the opportunity to make Fiddler.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “I’m going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film.”

25. “I’m going to do an adaptation of the Italian film, Bread and Tulips. I really like that film.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “I was very disappointed that Denzel didn’t win Best Actor for The Hurricane because I thought he deserved it.”

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

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “I think you get better as you get older.”

27. “I think you get better as you get older.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “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.”

28. “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.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “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.”

29. “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.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “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.”

30. “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.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “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.”

31. “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.”

— Norman Jewison

Norman Jewison Quote: “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.”

32. “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.”

— Norman Jewison

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