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.'

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.

Every actor wants to direct and produce, but I made a conscious decision when I was in college to understand the 'business' of 'show business.'

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

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

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.