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It's a sad thing to contemplate, but I'm the last surviving cast member of 'The African Queen.'

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Theodore Bikel
Age: 91 †
Born: 1924
Born: May 2
Died: 2015
Died: July 21
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I created the role of Captain Von Trapp.
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Retiring' - within that word is 'tiring,' and I'm not tired. I don't believe in retirement, really.
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If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.
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As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.
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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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I remain convinced that I can be a true universalist only when I am a better Jew.
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I do prefer the stage. It's really the granddaddy of them all.
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I always sang, I always acted, I always played.
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But there is a difference here: When Jewish children are murdered, Arabs celebrate the deed. The death of an Arab child is no cause for celebration in Israel.
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Must we be put to shame by much smaller and poorer countries, by Ireland, France, Austria or Sweden, who have understood that a nation's support of its arts is a matter of both national pride and cultural survival?
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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.
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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.'
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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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'Visiting Mr. Green' is a good play. I enjoy being in it, and I have a wonderful colleague, Aidan deSalaiz, to work with. Audiences like it a lot. What's not to like?
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An actor is supposed to emulate life. Instead, alas, many are imitating other actors. You don't fashion your knowledge of theatre or your approach to a role on the basis of what other actors have done. This kind of thinking is a great danger, especially in dealing with TV producers who frequently say things like, 'This is a Sean Connery type.'
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I am a Zionist, an ardent supporter of Israel, its defender when I deem Israel to be right and its critic when I deem it to be wrong.
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Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.
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I know for certain of only one commandment, one obligation, that God imposes upon us, and that is to be compassionate toward other human beings.
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You learn more from the flops than from the hits.
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For I firmly believe that Jewish life, indeed any communal life, can only be organized according to democratic principles.
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