F. Murray Abraham Quotes

I love Charles Bronson. He didn't have a lot of range, and he wasn't a great actor, but you couldn't take your eyes off him.

Scarlett Johansson. I think people don't really realize how great of an actress that girl is. She's so beautiful and that distracts you from what she can do as an actor.

One sign of a great actor is when he can be alone by himself on the screen, doing almost nothing, and producing one of a film's defining moments.

Listen, I like great actors. You can be a movie star without being a great actor - this has been proved several times - and I like my casts to have great actors. Acting is more important to me than being a star.

I always have considered Michael Keaton to be a phenomenal actor because he navigates drama and comedy.

To be the leading man it's about the celebrity and the looks, and it's tough to do that. People who do it great are people like Tom Cruise and Will Smith - they're built for that. I ain't. I'm more of a character guy.

Michael Caine is a movie star, but he's also a great actor. I can't say that about every movie star. It's the concentration he has.

Gary Oldman is impossible to steal a movie from. He's such a great actor, he's off the hook. I love him.

My brother was scouted for a commercial when he was three, and it was just because he could speak clearly and was well behaved, basically. I don't think he had any amazing acting ability at that age - although he is actually a great actor.

I really love Robert Duvall, who I think is maybe the best American actor. I love Robert Duvall because the ability that he has to change and do the most amazing work.

I myself am a great James Dean fan. He had this aura and enigma about him.

We want the best actor, and that's why Matt Damon worked so well in this role, because he's a great actor.

Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen.

Ingrid Bergman made an enormous impression on me. I couldn't imagine where that kind of acting talent came from.

My favourite actor is Denzel Washington, he's a smooth character so he could play me too!

Burt Lancaster was a very powerful and intriguing person. That essence of what he was, is the very thing that you and I see on the screen when we watch him.

It's fun to watch a true-blue movie star at work. They're really unbelievably charismatic. They understand camera angles.

Whether you know who Denzel Washington is or you don't, when he walks into the room, you're going to pay attention, because he's just such a powerful man.

I know it's popular to say this because she's the woman of the moment, but Halle Berry. Not only does she have obvious audience appeal and star quality, but she's a damn good actress too.

Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding.

Sinatra had a lot of mood swings, but he was wonderful to my wife Barbara and to me. He made no bones about who he liked and who he loved, and he had this great charisma. When he walked into a room, it stopped. I've only seen that happen with Ronald Reagan.

I keep saying that, if Samuel L. Jackson and Bette Davis could have a baby, it would be Taraji P. Henson. To me, she's one of the greatest character actors of our generation, let alone leading ladies. She's just phenomenal in everything she does.

I think that Brad Pitt is definitely a hottie. And his acting is so great that it makes him even more sexy.

Warren Beatty has always acted like a Movie Star even when no one knew who he was.

Johnny Depp is probably the best actor.