34 Quotes by Fred Melamed

I'd always admired Diane Keaton, but I'd never met her.

It's funny, but three of my early films were with Liam Neeson, before Liam Neeson was a big star.

The word "hedonistic" to me means pleasure above all else. My pleasure above all else.

The voice-over world has changed radically in the time that I've been in it. It used to be this rather small, select group of people who did 90 percent of the work. Now it's kind of the reverse: 90 percent of the work is done by this very broad mix of people all over the country, and the guys who used to be the go-to guys are a much smaller percentage now. But there was this massive interest in voice-over as well as in the story, so I think that also added to the film's appeal.

I have two young children with autism. What could they have ever done to deserve that? What kind of a God allows the innocent to suffer? It’s a mystery. Yet still, I believe in God.

The word “hedonistic” to me means pleasure above all else. My pleasure above all else.

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.

I have a secret aspiration to be considered for a part where it doesn’t matter what you look like to play it.

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.