Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" I'm a very proud actor. "

F. Murray Abraham

Related Quotes:

" I think creativity is spiritual. I absolutely believe that. "

F. Murray Abraham

" 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

" My family is blue-collar - coal miners and steelworkers. My father was an automobile mechanic, and us boys were brought up to work. I used to pump gasoline at 11 cents a gallon. I thought I would like to be a first-rate mechanic; a respected, hard-working man. "

F. Murray Abraham

" 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. "

F. Murray Abraham

" 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. "

F. Murray Abraham

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

F. Murray Abraham

" 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. "

F. Murray Abraham

" 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. "

F. Murray Abraham

" Arnold Schwarzenegger, I don't know if you'd call him a great actor, but he's amazing in terms of his presence, and he is interesting enough that you want to watch him. "

F. Murray Abraham

" I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that. "

F. Murray Abraham

" 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. "

F. Murray Abraham

" 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. "

F. Murray Abraham

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

F. Murray Abraham

" 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. "

F. Murray Abraham

" 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? "

F. Murray Abraham

" 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. "

F. Murray Abraham

" I acted my heart out. "

F. Murray Abraham

" 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. "

F. Murray Abraham

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

F. Murray Abraham

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

F. Murray Abraham

" 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. "

F. Murray Abraham

" 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. "

F. Murray Abraham

" 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. "

F. Murray Abraham

" 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. "

F. Murray Abraham

" 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. "

F. Murray Abraham

" I'm first-generation American - my people came over on boats - and I think it's a shame to close the door on people who really need freedom. "

F. Murray Abraham

" I'm just having a wonderful time. It's an interesting thing that I'm very comfortable with this material and I don't know why. Maybe it's because I did MacBeth. "

F. Murray Abraham

" The only reason I signed on for a speech and drama course was because I thought it would be easy, but as soon as I stepped on the stage, I thought, 'This is exactly where I belong.' "

F. Murray Abraham

" I cannot imagine not working. I don't understand the word 'retirement.' "

F. Murray Abraham

" 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. "

F. Murray Abraham