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.'

No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

Epistemology is the study of knowledge. By what conduit do we know what we know?

I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

By showing hunger, deprivation, starvation and brutality, as well as endurance and nobility, documentaries inform, prod our memories, even stir us to action. Such films do battle for our very soul.

I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

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.

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

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.

Don’t judge people for their success or what they have today, when you don’t know their past.

We can't abolish prejudice through laws.

I've been told that nobody sings the word 'hunger' like I do.

What activities, behaviors, or decisions have been most responsible for your success in life? Do more of them.

Reaching for the stars, perfectionists may end up clutching air. They suffer from mood disorders, troubled relationships, and stress. They may even achieve less than others.

I will not say it is not Christian to make beads of others faults, and tell them over every day; I say it is infernal. If you want to know how the Devil feels, you do know, if you are such an one.

If you aren't the chairman of Manchester United, Real Madrid or AC Milan, I'll get back to you later.

I find that our response to homelessness really puzzlingly. It's a peculiar response that people have.

Faith is knowing who God is and acting accordingly... God fights when we move.

At the end of the day, 'Rocky' is a love story, and he could never have reached the final bell without Adrian.