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.

Quote by Theodore Bikel

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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.

No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

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

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

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as...

Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as...

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

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

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...

I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To...

I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To...

I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.

I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.

I always sang, I always acted, I always played.

I always sang, I always acted, I always played.

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...

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...

By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform,...

By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform,...

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

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

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...

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...

You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You...

You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You...

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,...

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...