Fred Melamed Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 13, 1956

Topics

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Everyone was thinking it was going to be a bust. I felt redeemed.

Jim Caviezel

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The first time I met Garry Shandling was my audition for 'The Larry Sanders Show,' with Garry and his casting director Francine Maisler. I can recall every minute of it. He was gracious and kind, and he read with me. He was terrific.

Jeffrey Tambor

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And now after all this time I finally figured out how to trap him... I will become him.

John Travolta

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I feel it in my bones that if I had a kid, I would not either continue to write or have written the book I have done. So it's just me and the dog. I've always gotten along better with animals than I have with children, anyway.

Sonya Hartnett

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I've been in the game for 30 years and I came to represent.

Slick Rick

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I tell it like it is. I tell it like I see it. I tell it like I envision it. I tell it like I live it.

Trick Daddy

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I would advise young aspiring theater artists to do as many shows as possible. It doesn't matter if it's in the basement of a church, in school, or in community theater. Do them wherever you can; big parts or small, it doesn't matter.

Rob McClure

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I love to make songs out of some of those shadows - you know, some of the things you lie awake thinking about, social anxieties and romantic insecurities and all that stuff.

Matt Berninger

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The thing with film is that it's so wide-reaching compared to comedy. When I release my comedy special, half a million people will see it. If I release a movie, five to ten million people will see it.

Mike Birbiglia

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I have a huge amount of respect for all Japanese designers because I think there is consistency and respect to craft.

Jonathan Anderson

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What I aspire to is to have the viewer look directly at the subject, as if they're looking through a window at the real thing.

Chris Jordan

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When I was little, my mom would dress me up and take me downtown on the Carondelet bus, which in itself was exciting. We would go to see Santa Claus at Famous-Barr. The decorations were so pretty. The line was long, but that just gave me more time to enjoy Santa's Toyland. I loved every minute of it.

Phyllis Smith

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