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All Quotes by author - Theodore Bikel
" Accents. I'm very good with accents. I'm exceedingly good. "
Very
Accents
Exceedingly
" After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could. "
Who
Read
Word
" All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice. "
Strong
Choice
Justice
" 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. "
Am
People
I Am
" 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.' "
Theatre
Knowledge
Life
" As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. "
Artist
More
Interest
" Audiences are audiences. "
Audiences
" 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. "
Here
Child
Celebrate
" But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist. "
I Am
Am
Jewish
" By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul. "
Action
Us
Endurance
" 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. "
Artist
Work
Theatre
" Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know? "
Epistemology
Study
Knowledge
" Every actor wants to direct. "
Every
Wants
Direct
" For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles. "
Organized
Principles
Believe
" Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out. "
Country
Risk
Live
" I always sang, I always acted, I always played. "
Sang
Played
Always
" I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family. "
Family
Within
I Am
" 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. "
Right
Critic
Am
" I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive. "
Fighting
I Am
Language
" I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder. "
Sense
Awe
Us
" I am first, and foremost, an actor. That's what I am. To me, a song is a mini-drama. My musical ability informs the actor as well because it gives me a sense of timing that non-musicians don't have. So, one hand washes the other. "
Actor
Timing
Song
" I am not, and have never been, in favor of boycotting Israel. "
Been
Am
Never
" I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts. "
World
Arts
General
" I created the role of Captain Von Trapp. "
Created
Von
Captain
" I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent. "
God
Us
Claim
" I don't speak out because I am an actor nor will I keep silent because I am an actor. I respect my profession, but it endows me with no special privileges; but it also does not limit me or muzzle me. I am a person and a citizen with the attendant responsibilities of voice and vote. "
Me
Respect
Speak
" I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all. "
Granddaddy
Really
Prefer
" 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. "
Vanity
Direct
Done
" 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. "
Human Being
Glory
Human
" I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation. "
Way
Hope
Respect
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