I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew.

Every actor wants to direct and produce, but I made a conscious decision when I was in college to understand the 'business' of 'show business.'

Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival?

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

Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all peoples.

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

I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.