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

If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.

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

You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them.

I don't speak out because I am an actor nor will I keep silent because I am an actor. I respect my profession, but it endows me with no special privileges; but it also does not limit me or muzzle me. I am a person and a citizen with the attendant responsibilities of voice and vote.

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.'