Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all peoples.
Theodore BikelThe play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before.
Theodore BikelHaving come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out.
Theodore BikelWhat moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is mine.
Theodore BikelAn 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.'
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