I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone.
If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.
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.
I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before.
I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent.
I am not, and have never been, in favor of boycotting Israel.
Accents. I'm very good with accents. I'm exceedingly good.
You learn more from the flops than from the hits.
Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us were delivered via the bookshelf or the paper route.
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.'
I always sang, I always acted, I always played.
But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause for celebration in Israel.
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.
