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

I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.

'Visiting Mr. Green' is a good play. I enjoy being in it, and I have a wonderful colleague, Aidan deSalaiz, to work with. Audiences like it a lot. What's not to like?

I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.

I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.

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

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.