[So my wife] Kate said, Youre making this movie right now, arent you?
And I said, Yeah,rightnow!'
That was the problem.

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[But] I didnt want to miss the winter.
I was grateful later in June, though, but until then it was a burden.
That night wasnt really a celebration at all.

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I dont feel that this movie is a celebration, he said of the 1994 Academy Awards ceremony.
Lustig memorably discussed his Holocaust experience during the Oscars telecast uponSchindlers Listclaiming the best picture prize.
We need to teach this story.