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I am not a specialist but a general practitioner in the world of the arts.

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No doubt unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed into being by mere declarations.

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There is no role I cannot play except a midget.

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We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.

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Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general.

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

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After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.

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We Jews have a special attachment to the Book. The study of page after page in tomes yellowing with age was obligatory.

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Having come to live in this age is as though one were to have entered another country. Learn its language or risk being left out.

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In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event.

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Biography

Nationality: Austrian

Type: Actor

Born: May 2nd, 1924

Died: July 21st, 2015

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