There is no role I cannot play except a midget.

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

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

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.

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.

You learn more from the flops than from the hits.