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… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
I'm one of relatively few stage-trained actors who doesn't much like acting on stage. It feels kind of like riding the Cyclone at Coney Island, which I did when I was eight. When it was all over, I was glad… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
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… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
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… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
We must agree to live in this world, with all that is unfair about it, without knowing why, if we wish to have a… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
The word "hedonistic" to me means pleasure above all else. My pleasure above all else. — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
I haven't appeared on stage in quite a long time and I don't have any immediate plans to do so, but I'm always interested… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
It probably goes without saying that I enjoy the potato pancakes, delicious hams and so forth that maddeningly turn up at this time of… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
It's funny, but three of my early films were with Liam Neeson, before Liam Neeson was a big star. — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
I've always thought that, in a sense, the more specific and sometimes even the smaller the world of a movie is, the more universal… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
Though I acted in hundreds of productions, appeared at the Guthrie Theatre and on Broadway in Amadeus, I discovered in my thirties that I… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded… — Fred Melamed Copy Share Image
