You can't expect the entire world to come to New York to see you. You have to travel to them. — Theodore Bikel Entire world Copy Share Image
Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know? — Theodore Bikel Education Copy Share Image
I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone. — Theodore Bikel Actor Copy Share Image
No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language. — Theodore Bikel Art Copy Share Image
You cannot please all of the people all of the time, and that is truer in the arts than anywhere else. — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
'Visiting Mr. Green' is a good play. I enjoy being in it, and I have a wonderful colleague, Aidan deSalaiz, to work… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
One might have thought the world would stop ascribing moral equivalence between acts of terrorism and acts of punishing terrorism. It has… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures.… — Theodore Bikel Arrogance Copy Share Image
All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use… — Theodore Bikel Arrogance Copy Share Image
I glory in the fact that a human being has multiple talents and exercises them all with a degree of integrity and… — Theodore Bikel Artistic Copy Share Image
Every actor wants to direct and produce, but I made a conscious decision when I was in college to understand the 'business'… — Theodore Bikel Actor Copy Share Image
'Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really. — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
An actor is supposed to emulate life. Instead, alas, many are imitating other actors. You don't fashion your knowledge of theatre or… — Theodore Bikel Actor Copy Share Image
I refuse to do shows that are narrowly constructed, that appeal to only one sentiment. I do a lot of Jewish material… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy on films. You're working for a laugh… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that… — Theodore Bikel Austria Copy Share Image
John Huston was the kind of director that totally left you alone. Not every actor always does it right, every time, but… — Theodore Bikel Actors Copy Share Image
While we all could agree that the Zionist ideal is alive and well, there is serious doubt whether the Zionist movement can… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
I am first, and foremost, an actor. That's what I am. To me, a song is a mini-drama. My musical ability informs… — Theodore Bikel Ability Copy Share Image
By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to… — Theodore Bikel Action Copy Share Image
I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all. — Theodore Bikel Granddaddy Copy Share Image
When something is moving you get that intake of breath and that stillness from the audience. — Theodore Bikel Audience Copy Share Image
I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive. — Theodore Bikel Chance Copy Share Image
No movement can afford to be caught in a time warp and exist in a state of suspended animation. — Theodore Bikel Animation Copy Share Image
I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family. — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts. — Theodore Bikel Art Copy Share Image
We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task. — Theodore Bikel Bombs Copy Share Image
The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before. — Theodore Bikel Audience Copy Share Image
It's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.' — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace. — Theodore Bikel City Copy Share Image
