Fred Melamed Quotes
Though I acted in hundreds of productions, appeared at the Guthrie Theatre and on Broadway in Amadeus, I discovered in my thirties that I didn't really like stage acting. The presence of the audience, the eight shows a week and the possibility of a long run were all unnatural to me.
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I tell people in Chicago to take care of themselves.
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I did a film called 'Fire with Fire.'
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I would never belong to any club that excluded anybody for race.
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I hate recording all the shows for the week in one day, because I want to be able to mention current events and pop culture. If Madonna punches Britney in the face today, I want to reference that on 'Wine Library TV' tomorrow. Monday's episode is always the best, because it's hot off the press.
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On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays? It must be emphasized here above all that to attain really decisive progress greater funds must be made available.
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Art is that which comes to a man, and stands between himself and an implacable witness: the work.
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Tardiness in literature can make me nervous.
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If it takes you a year to cut a record, I don't know, you need to find something else to do. It really shouldn't take that long.
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I wouldn't trust Nixon from here to that phone.
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With the World War II era, there's so much written material to draw on. When you go back to the 14th century, you have to imagine more.
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I was so flat-chested in high school that I thought I'd better be funny if guys were going to like me.
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Though I acted in hundreds of productions, appeared at the Guthrie Theatre and on Broadway in Amadeus, I discovered in my thirties that I didn't really like stage acting. The presence of the audience, the eight shows a week and the possibility of a long run were all unnatural to me.
