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.
Theodore BikelI am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder.
Theodore BikelI tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sings about the beauty of the work I wasn't doing.
Theodore BikelFor I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles.
Theodore BikelJohn Huston was the kind of director that totally left you alone. Not every actor always does it right, every time, but most of the time he was re-directing someone. He was making tight adjustments, and not even in terms of interpretation because he knew that by the time that the character had been filmed... well, he got it right when he cast you.
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