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" You cannot please all of the people all of the time, and that is truer in the arts than anywhere else. "

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" I always sang, I always acted, I always played. "

" But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist. "

" I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder. "

" There is no role I cannot play except a midget. "

" I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the Jewish song is better than the song of my neighbor. "

" An actor is supposed to emulate life. Instead, alas, many are imitating other actors. You don't fashion your knowledge of theatre or your approach to a role on the basis of what other actors have done. This kind of thinking is a great danger, especially in dealing with TV producers who frequently say things like, 'This is a Sean Connery type.' "

" By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul. "

" Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general. "

" What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is mine. "

" In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event. "

" No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation. "

" I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sing about the beauty of the work I wasn't doing. "

" It's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.' "

" Audiences are audiences. "

" 'Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really. "

" Accents. I'm very good with accents. I'm exceedingly good. "

" For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles. "

" No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations. "

" I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation. "

" Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission. "

" I refuse to do shows that are narrowly constructed, that appeal to only one sentiment. I do a lot of Jewish material in front of non-Jews and a lot of non-Jewish material in front of Jews on the simple theory that the non-Jews are entitled to a glimpse of a Jewish world and the Jews are entitled to a glimpse of the world. "

" As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. "

" Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out. "

" In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace. "

" I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone. "

" On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away. "

" But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause for celebration in Israel. "

" I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it to be wrong. "

" I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family. "

" I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go. "