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

Quote by Theodore Bikel

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

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

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 prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.

I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.

Every actor wants to direct.

Every actor wants to direct.

Audiences are audiences.

Audiences are audiences.

The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said...

The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said...

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

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

But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed....

But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed....

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...

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...

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 have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate...

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate...

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...

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...

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...

If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing...

If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing...

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...

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?

But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I...

But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I...

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.