F. Murray Abraham

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Born Monday, 30 November -0001
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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. Uncategorized
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? Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
The difficulty is capturing surprise on film. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
Once I looked into a mirror at my face I felt like it was completely convincing. I was Salieri. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
I'm a very proud actor. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized
I think creativity is spiritual. I absolutely believe that. Uncategorized
I really like to experiment. That's the only way I can work. It's instinctive. Uncategorized