#me

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world - no ideals. ↗

— Golda Meir

#ideals #most #realistic #regime #soviet

Whether women are better than men I cannot say - but I can say they are certainly no worse. ↗

— Golda Meir

#better #cannot #certainly #i #i can

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 me, acting is pretending, just like kids playing, only you pretend as if it were really, really real. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#always #being #character #coat #different

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, unfair or ridiculous in life-having strong feelings, and not being able to suppress them. That, to me, is Jewish. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#about #being #comedy #complaining #feelings

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 in going back. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#any #appeared #back #going #haven

It probably goes without saying that I enjoy the potato pancakes, delicious hams and so forth that maddeningly turn up at this time of year. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#enjoy #forth #goes #i #pancakes

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 skateboard park', or 'Stein is a pompous, rotund attorney, imposing to all.' It would be so freeing to get a script where my character is simply described as 'A Man'. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#character #described #fat #freeing #get

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. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#acting #amadeus #appeared #audience #broadway

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, though extremely pleasing proposition. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#both #christmas #costly #deal #enjoy

If I'd been a housemaid I'd have been the best in Australia - I couldn't help it. It's got to be perfection for me. ↗

— Nellie Melba

#been #best #got #help #i