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" It's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.' "

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" Audiences are audiences. "

" Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival? "

" I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the Jewish song is better than the song of my neighbor. "

" As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. "

" 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 created the role of Captain Von Trapp. "

" In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event. "

" 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. "

" Every actor wants to direct. "

" I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive. "

" 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. "

" I refuse to do shows that are narrowly constructed, that appeal to only one sentiment. I do a lot of Jewish material in front of non-Jews and a lot of non-Jewish material in front of Jews on the simple theory that the non-Jews are entitled to a glimpse of a Jewish world and the Jews are entitled to a glimpse of the world. "

" I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts. "

" What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is mine. "

" 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. "

" You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy on films. You're working for a laugh that may or may not come six months later, but you're working in a vacuum at the time you are doing it. "

" You learn more from the flops than from the hits. "

" Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know? "

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

" 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. "

" No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation. "

" 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. "

" While we all could agree that the Zionist ideal is alive and well, there is serious doubt whether the Zionist movement can be said to be an ongoing proposition, fragmented as its components are in ideology and in practice. "

" 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. "

" I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words. "

" We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task. "

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

" No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations. "

" 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. "

" I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation. "