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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. "
F. Murray Abraham
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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