I Remain Convinced That I

I Don't Speak Out Because I Am An Actor Nor Will I Keep Silent Because I Am An Actor. I Respect My Profession, But It Endows Me With No Special Privileges; But It Also Does Not Limit Me Or Muzzle Me. I Am A Person And A Citizen With The Attendant Responsibilities Of Voice And Vote.

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.

As An Artist I Have An Even More Abiding Interest In The Compact Between The Arts And Government.

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.

I Am Not A Specialist But A General Practitioner In The World Of The Arts.