Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.

'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.

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

Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.

I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone.

Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general.