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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. "
F. Murray Abraham
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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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" 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 love parties. I love a good time. "
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" It sounds funny, but I felt that my responsibility as an American actor was to let the British know we can act as well as they can. "
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" I always play these bad guys, and I'm really a nice guy. "
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" There are real tricks to getting a job that I just don't like or understand - it feels too close to pandering. I've tried it, but it doesn't work. "
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" No matter all of your credits and accomplishments - you can be forgotten in a trice. The idea that you have to go back and start again after considerable success can destroy you if you're not strong. I never lost track of who I am and what I can do, because I continually find things to do, but not everyone has that resource. "
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" I cannot imagine not working. I don't understand the word 'retirement.' "
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" I'm a very proud actor. "
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" There is one confrontation scene toward the end of the picture. In the middle of the scene, I thought, That's Sean Connery! I don't know how else to describe Sean Connery. I still feel that way. "
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" I'd like President Bush to think maybe there's another way to think, that maybe Kissinger was wrong when he says we had to go in there because he was wrong about Vietnam. "
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" One of the great values of the theater is a communal search for truth; I believe that sincerely. "
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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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" Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there. "
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" All the stuff that you visualized that was going to work so beautifully, you discover is trashed, so you jump to something else. "
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" I don't want to talk in terms of miracles. I think this is a very serious situation. But I do want to talk in terms of Bush becoming a man of the hour, and I think this is way to do it. "
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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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" 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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" After I finished school, I headed for Los Angeles, thinking, 'Movies. Beaches.' But I wanted to do serious stage work, so I upped sticks and moved to New York to study. I did the usual day jobs to support myself - waiting on tables, washing dishes, parking cars, anything to pay the rent. I was a terrible waiter, by the way. "
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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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" As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow. "
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" People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace. "
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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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" 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 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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" 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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" There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one. "
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" I think creativity is spiritual. I absolutely believe that. "
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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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