I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew. — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words. — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given… — Theodore Bikel Advent Copy Share Image
For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles. — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us back a sense of wonder. — Theodore Bikel Awe Copy Share Image
No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations. — Theodore Bikel Doubt 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
I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when… — Theodore Bikel Ardent Copy Share Image
As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. — Theodore Bikel Art Copy Share Image
In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them… — Theodore Bikel Art Copy Share Image
I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand… — Theodore Bikel Bored Copy Share Image
I don't speak out because I am an actor nor will I keep silent because I am an actor. I respect my… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk… — Theodore Bikel Age Copy Share Image
No doubt, unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed by mere declarations. — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition. — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist. — Theodore Bikel Art Copy Share Image
I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. I would stand around in heaps of manure… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might… — Theodore Bikel Goals Copy Share Image
We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory. — Theodore Bikel Age Copy Share Image
On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right… — Theodore Bikel Funny Copy Share Image
Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I… — Theodore Bikel Art Copy Share Image
If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to… — Theodore Bikel Freedom Copy Share Image
