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.

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

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

Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us...

Right up to the middle of this century all perceptions of the world around us...

You learn more from the flops than you do from the hits.

You learn more from the flops than you do from the hits.

I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.

I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.

I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us,...

I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us,...

I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone.

I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone.

Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered...

Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered...

You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy...

You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy...

I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's...

I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's...

I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a...

I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a...

I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give...

I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give...

Every actor wants to direct.

Every actor wants to direct.

One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism...

One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism...

In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about...

In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about...

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the...

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the...

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on...

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on...

I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the...

I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures or that the...

We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a...

We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a...

After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were...

After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were...

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

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