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Every actor wants to direct and produce, but I made a conscious decision when I was in college to understand the 'business' of 'show business.'
Theodore Bikel
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Theodore Bikel
Age: 91 †
Born: 1924
Born: May 2
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
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Vienna
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But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.
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I always sang, I always acted, I always played.
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While we all could agree that the Zionist ideal is alive and well, there is serious doubt whether the Zionist movement can be said to be an ongoing proposition, fragmented as its components are in ideology and in practice.
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I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.
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I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.
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