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> [You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy on films. You're working for a laugh that may or may not come six months later, but you're working in a vacuum at the time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-bikel/you-always-draw-on-your-experiences-with-live-audiences-to-know-how/)

[Theodore Bikel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-bikel/)

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## More by Theodore Bikel

> [All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-bikel/all-too-often-arrogance-accompanies-strength-and-we-must-never-assume/)

[Theodore Bikel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-bikel/)

> [Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-bikel/although-i-am-deeply-grateful-to-a-great-many-people-i-forgo-the/)

[Theodore Bikel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-bikel/)

> [I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-bikel/i-am-a-zionist-an-ardent-supporter-of-israel-its-defender-when-i-deem/)

[Theodore Bikel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-bikel/)

> [We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-bikel/we-live-in-a-world-of-guns-bombs-and-terror-to-conquer-hate-seems-a/)

[Theodore Bikel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-bikel/)

> [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 away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-bikel/on-the-stage-you-re-there-it-s-live-there-s-a-beginning-a-middle-an/)

[Theodore Bikel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-bikel/)

> [I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand around in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-bikel/i-tried-for-a-while-to-be-an-agricultural-worker-and-was-hopelessly/)

[Theodore Bikel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-bikel/)

> [You always draw on your experiences with live audiences to know how to do comedy on films. You're working for a laugh that may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-bikel/you-always-draw-on-your-experiences-with-live-audiences-to-know-how/)

[Theodore Bikel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-bikel/)

> [Every actor wants to direct.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-bikel/every-actor-wants-to-direct/)

[Theodore Bikel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-bikel/)

> [Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all peoples.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-bikel/throughout-my-life-i-have-cared-as-deeply-about-the-songs-of-all/)

[Theodore Bikel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-bikel/)

> [Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-bikel/despite-a-large-body-of-work-in-films-tv-theatre-and-concerts-i-am/)

[Theodore Bikel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-bikel/)

> [But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-bikel/but-when-i-toil-in-the-field-of-jewish-culture-which-i-frequently-do/)

[Theodore Bikel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-bikel/)

> [I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-bikel/i-prefer-to-choose-which-traditions-to-keep-and-which-to-let-go/)

[Theodore Bikel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-bikel/)

> [But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-bikel/but-there-is-a-difference-here-when-jewish-children-are-murdered/)

[Theodore Bikel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-bikel/)

> ['Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-bikel/retiring-within-that-word-is-tiring-and-i-m-not-tired-i-don-t-believe/)

[Theodore Bikel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-bikel/)

> [It's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodore-bikel/it-s-a-sad-thing-to-contemplate-but-i-m-the-last-surviving-cast/)

[Theodore Bikel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodore-bikel/)

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