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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.

As An Artist I Have An Even More Abiding Interest In The Compact Between The Arts And Government.

I Am Determined To Give The Yiddish Language A Fighting Chance To Survive.

No Heirloom Of Humankind Captures The Past As Do Art And Language.

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.