For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles.

I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.

I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it to be wrong.

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

Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out.

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.

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.