An actor is supposed to emulate life. Instead, alas, many are imitating other actors. You don't fashion your knowledge of theatre or your approach to a role on the basis of what other actors have done. This kind of thinking is a great danger, especially in dealing with TV producers who frequently say things like, 'This is a Sean Connery type.'

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

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

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.

One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism and acts of punishing terrorism. It has not happened that way.

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

I glory in the fact that a human being has multiple talents and exercises them all with a degree of integrity and artistic proficiency. That's what I do.