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" 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.' "

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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. "

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

" I'm not afraid to go anywhere, to the smallest theatre or the least amount of money. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" One of the great values of the theater is a communal search for truth; I believe that sincerely. "

" 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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" 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. "

F. Murray Abraham

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

" 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. "

" Woody Allen sets are very quiet. Extraordinary sense of power from a man who doesn't do anything except just stand there. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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? "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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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" I'm a very proud actor. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" I acted my heart out. "

" 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. "

" 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. "