Norman Jewison

“Film is a reflection of society, both present and past.”

“I've never really made a film that I've been 100 percent satisfied with.”

“I think it's the director's job to tell a story and not get in the way of the story.”

“All you can do is make a piece of work that's as good as you can make it, and you release it, and you don't control it. You can't.”

“I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.”

“The only thing that I know is that I am a storyteller. That's what I do. I tell stories.”

“I wanted to be a lawyer, but I couldn't stand the sight of blood.”

“I've always been a political filmmaker... I'm not a propagandist, but I am a filmmaker with a point of view.”

“I'm a Canadian, and I'm a product of a bilingual, bicultural country.”

“I think we all have a little voice inside us that will guide us. It may be God, I don't know. But I think that if we shut out all the noise and clutter from our lives and listen to that voice, it will tell us the right thing to do.”

“Timing is everything in this business.”