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.”

“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 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?'”

“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'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.”

“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'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.”

“I think creativity is spiritual. I absolutely believe that.”