What 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.

But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.

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.

Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?

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.'

I refuse to do shows that are narrowly constructed, that appeal to only one sentiment. I do a lot of Jewish material in front of non-Jews and a lot of non-Jewish material in front of Jews on the simple theory that the non-Jews are entitled to a glimpse of a Jewish world and the Jews are entitled to a glimpse of the world.

You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.