Theodore Bikel
Theodore Bikel
Theodore Meir Bikelwas an Austrian-American Jewish actor, folk singer, musician, composer, and activist...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth2 May 1924
CityVienna, Austria
CountryAustria
appeal awe capacity filled filmmakers stir visceral
I am filled with awe that filmmakers have the capacity to stir us and give us a sense of wonder. Film, like no other medium, makes a visceral appeal to our humanity.
hate voice giving
I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.
guitar weapons causes
I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.
fighting giving chance
I am determined to give the Yiddish language a fighting chance to survive.
equality causes humans
I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.
order mixtures needs
You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.
bored hopeless workers
I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sings about the beauty of the work I wasn't doing.
cities israel mind
In my mind the city of Ariel is a thorn in Israel's side and a serious obstacle to peace.
accents very-good
Accents. I'm very good with accents. I'm exceedingly good.
certain compassionate obligation
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.
stage ends middle
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.
israel favors
I am not, and have never been, in favor of boycotting Israel.
letting-go tradition
I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
purpose claims knowing-god
I do not know who there is among us that can claim to know God's purpose and God's intent.