Two-thirds of American movies are extensions of commercials — they tell you how to feel and they tell you how to think — rather than letting you figure it out on your own.
ALAN ARKINIt doesn’t mean we don’t take it seriously, but no one is under the delusion (that we’re) bringing world peace.
More Alan Arkin Quotes
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For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle.
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It keeps it more of a surprise. I don’t feel like it has to be a mystery.
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If I’m doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.
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You can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world.
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A product is most easily sold when it has an identity. So they wrap you all up and put a label on you.
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Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces?
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I know that if I can’t move people, then I have no business being an actor.
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I see how the industry and the studios feel it’s important, but I don’t really have a feeling for being in competition.
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I played guitar. I’ve always considered myself an actor, but I wasn’t making a living as an actor. So I was in a couple of folk groups that managed to keep me in underwear and burritos.
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My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.
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No matter how much time you spend reading books or following your intuition, you’re gonna screw it up. Fifty times. You can’t do parenting right.
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Hollywood is a strange place. The class structure here is more rigid than almost anyplace I’ve ever experienced. It’s made more difficult by the fact that it’s constantly changing.
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” Education does not mean jamming information into somebody’s head. Rather, it’s that ancient idea that all knowledge is within us; to teach is to help somebody pull it out of themselves.
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There’s a familiarity that sometimes shocks and annoys the hell out of me.
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Most of the time, I’ve been really fortunate to work with people who are really fun to work with.
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