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.

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

I always sang, I always acted, I always played.

Audiences are audiences.

I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew.

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

You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy on films. You're working for a laugh that may or may not come six months later, but you're working in a vacuum at the time you are doing it.