F. Murray Abraham Quotes

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F. Murray Abraham

Profession : Actor

Birth : October 24, 1939

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 acted my heart out.

F. Murray Abraham

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

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

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

F. Murray Abraham

I'm a very proud actor.

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?

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I love parties. I love a good time.

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.

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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?'

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

I'm the spokesperson for the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees. My father was from Syria. It's an American initiative, and it's multi-faith. So, it's maybe 60-65 different organisations, Jews, Christians, Hindus... Anyway, it's very important and serious.

F. Murray Abraham

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

F. Murray Abraham

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

F. Murray Abraham

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

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

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 not afraid to go anywhere, to the smallest theatre or the least amount of money.

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