In my career, I've had kind of a strange trajectory as an actor. I started out doing movies and theater and stuff, but then I had a terrible problem with stage fright as an actor on stage, and I quit stage acting for a long, long time.
I'd always admired Diane Keaton, but I'd never met her. - Fred Melamed
I'd always admired Diane Keaton, but I'd never met her.
- Fred Melamed
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 real… - Fred Melamed
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 real…
I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about all that is hard, … - Fred Melamed
I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about all that is hard, …
Most of the time when I receive a script, it says something like 'Rosenberg is the fat, slovenly Mayor, who doesn't want the kids to use the Skateboa… - Fred Melamed
Most of the time when I receive a script, it says something like 'Rosenberg is the fat, slovenly Mayor, who doesn't want the kids to use the Skateboa…
Well, because I have twin seven-year-old boys, I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is a costly, thou… - Fred Melamed
Well, because I have twin seven-year-old boys, I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is a costly, thou…
The word "hedonistic" to me means pleasure above all else. My pleasure above all else. - Fred Melamed
The word "hedonistic" to me means pleasure above all else. My pleasure above all else.
In general, I'm always interested in characters who have kind of extreme aspects to them, who are in some ways larger than typical people. - Fred Melamed
In general, I'm always interested in characters who have kind of extreme aspects to them, who are in some ways larger than typical people.
It's funny, but three of my early films were with Liam Neeson, before Liam Neeson was a big star. - Fred Melamed
It's funny, but three of my early films were with Liam Neeson, before Liam Neeson was a big star.
I always think of the character as being me. But me wearing a 'coat', which may be a different way of speaking, moving or regarding other people. To … - Fred Melamed
I always think of the character as being me. But me wearing a 'coat', which may be a different way of speaking, moving or regarding other people. To …
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