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" I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive. "

F. Murray Abraham

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" I worked with Harold Pinter once as my first Broadway show. It was one of the most exciting things that ever happened to me. "

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" I'm a comedian at heart, and I really can make people laugh, but ever since 'Amadeus,' all I seem to do is play dramatic roles and villains. "

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" Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone. "

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" With Connery, he does act. He is in complete command. He completely trusts the person first, then the instrument. I've worked with his son also, on a picture in Russia. "

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" I love parties. I love a good time. "

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" I'm passionate about politics, but when it comes to political parties, I'm despondent. I'm disappointed at the absence of a sense of humanity and struggle to not become a cynic. "

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" The difficulty is capturing surprise on film. "

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" Marlon Brando was the major influence in my life, though I never met him. And my father - we didn't get along, but he was an influence in terms of honesty and work ethic. That's the greatest compliment I could pay him. "

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" I just throw it out and see what happens. If it sounds and feels right, then I continue. "

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" With Dick Smith there, and the words of Peter Shaffer... they've got to be the most beautiful descriptions in music ever written on film or in literature. And we could hear the music accompanying the words... What more can you ask for? "

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" The idea that you can make love and not war really is pretty neat. That thing in Korea, the thing in Israel - that's all over the world. There must be a new way of thinking. "

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" I'm not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it. "

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" Milos said, You're my first choice. From my point of view, that doesn't pay the rent. I said, Tell me what I have to do next because I'm busy painting my kitchen. "

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" If these men decided that they have to go in there and fight, I want them to send their own children and grandchildren. I want them to not send a bunch of strangers' kids in there to fight and die. "

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" I like to teach. And when I spot talent without ambition, it makes me angry. I give students short shrift if they're not willing to do the work. Relying on talent is not enough. "

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" I always play these bad guys, and I'm really a nice guy. "

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" Once I looked into a mirror at my face I felt like it was completely convincing. I was Salieri. "

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" I'm a very proud actor. "

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" I can't pretend at how much I object to all of the plays that keep being brought back over and over again, the so-called classic plays. I mean how many times can we see 'The Glass Menagerie?' "

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" My Oscar has appeared in every play I've done since - not in view of the audience, but for my colleagues to enjoy. "

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" Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance. "

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" I trust that the president will try, just give it one more shot, some revolutionary way of not doing this, of bringing all those kids back home safely. "

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" I'd like President Bush to get a gun in his hands. I'll go with him. I can't think of anything better than to die in place 's just beginning their lives. "

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