F. Murray Abraham

I'm a very proud actor. ”

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. ”

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 not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it. ”

I love parties. I love a good time. ”

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

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

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. ”

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. ”

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. ”