Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the table to give the vampires heartburn if they get through the garlic defense.
Calvin Trillin
If I had to refute all the other articles of the Jewish faith, I should be obliged to write against them as much and for as long a time as they have used for inventing their lies - that is, longer than two thousand years
Martin Luther
During an interview with Roger Ebert regarding his film Munich (2005) and the response from Jewish critics that claim it depicts Israeli and Palestinian causes as morally equivalent: Frankly, I think that`s a stupid charge. The people who attack the movie...
Steven Spielberg
When I was nine and attending a Jewish school, we had different kosher lunches served. We weren`t kosher at home. My mom used to make me chicken salad sandwiches and I would have to lie to everyone, saying it was tuna. "It doesn`t smell like tuna," they`d...
Natalie Portman
Why should I indulge myself and do a David Lean-ish kind of film? I could do my little Jewish Brief Encounter (1945) and disguise it - shorten the noses. But it wouldn`t be as much fun as delivering my dish of insanity.
Mel Brooks
[On why he makes films about Irish-Americans] "I feel Irish-Americans are the forgotten minority group. Nobody else is making films about them. You have Woody Allen and Paul Mazursky making films about Jewish-Americans, you have Martin Scorsese and Franci...
Edward Burns
I`m Jewish and this was the first time I experienced real anti-Semitism. Paris was scary...there were synagogues bombed and there was anti-Semitic graffiti all over the place. I was very angry. This is something I am passionate about.
Kate Hudson
Clergymen tend to be unreliable and pompous figures. Seldom Jewish rabbis, less often Catholic priests, but Protestant ministers tend to be ... not really very admirable. Not necessarily evil, but silly. And wrong, of course. - Talking about modern Hollyw...
Charlton Heston
I want to learn about a different religion. I grew up Catholic, but my grandfather was Jewish. Knowledge about other religions can help you understand your own better. I think it`s kind of hypocritical to believe one thing and don`t know about any others....
Mandy Moore
People are always introducing me as "Sarah Silverman, Jewish comedienne." I HATE that! I wish people would see me for who I really am- I`m white!
Sarah Silverman
Look at Jewish history. Unrelieved lamenting would be intolerable. So, for every ten Jews beating their breasts, God designated one to be crazy and amuse the breast-beaters. By the time I was five I knew I was that one.
Mel Brooks
[On playing an aging Jewish Shopkeeper in the upcoming _Waterproof (1999)_]: It`s a real challenge. I just hope Billy Crystal doesn`t get P.O.`d.
Burt Reynolds
When [Mel Brooks] told his Jewish mother he was marrying an Italian girl, she said: "Bring her over. I`ll be in the kitchen - with my head in the oven".
Anne Bancroft
(on whether he is religious) "I`m not a religious person. My mom was of Jewish blood and my dad was Protestant... I`m very interested in religion as something to study, but I`m not a religious person in the slightest."
Daniel Radcliffe
When I was 15, I got a haircut from a famous hairstylist in L.A. She gave me a short shag. I`m a Jewish girl with curly hair. When it dried naturally, it was atrocious.
Amanda Bynes
Just because I`m in Hollywood doesn`t mean that I forget that I`m Persian or that I`m Jewish. Judaism is not only my religion - it`s my identity.
Bahar Soomekh
I`m Jewish. I`ve always had a thing where it`s okay to dance with the devil, just don`t become the devil. Even at my peak, I never went too over the top.
Pauly Shore
I`ve never felt completely satisfied with what I`ve done. I tend to see things too critically. I`m trying to get over that. I`ve got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it`s a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.
Kevin Kline
[On his character in his upcoming movie Waterproof (1999)]: He`s a 73-year-old Jewish grocery store owner on a street that`s entirely African-American. He`s the only holdout. He`s not moving. Tough old guy. I`m finding out to my own surprise, that I can d...
Burt Reynolds
I don`t think being the only child of a single parent helped. I was always a little unsteady in my self-belief. Then there was the Jewish thing. I love being Jewish, I have no problem with it at all. But it did become like a scar, with all these people sa...
Lauren Bacall
I don`t think being the only child of a single parent helped. I was always a little unsteady in my self-belief. Then there was the Jewish thing. I love being Jewish, I have no problem with it at all. But it did become like a scar, with all these people sa...
Lauren Bacall
And I always thought the biggest failing of Americans was their lack of irony. They are very serious there! Naturally, there are exceptions...the Jewish, Italian, and Irish humor of the East Coast. (Italian Vogue)
Colin Firth
Following the Jewish tradition, a dispenser of schmaltz (liquid chicken fat) is kept on the table to give the vampires heartburn if they get through the garlic defense.
Calvin Trillin
