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

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.

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

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

On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away.

Audiences are audiences.

John Huston was the kind of director that totally left you alone. Not every actor always does it right, every time, but most of the time he was re-directing someone. He was making tight adjustments, and not even in terms of interpretation because he knew that by the time that the character had been filmed... well, he got it right when he cast you.