No Heirloom Of Humankind Captures The Past

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

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.'

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.

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.

I Always Sang, I Always Acted, I Always Played.