We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.

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

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

When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the audience.

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.'

One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism and acts of punishing terrorism. It has not happened that way.

After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.