I don’t believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?
ALAN ARKINIs it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces?
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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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You can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world.
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I don’t love the business. I never wanted to be a part of it. I don’t think any actor does.
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You know what Andy Warhol’s sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell’s Soup a household word.
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I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn’t move me, and I tried to analyze.
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Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.
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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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We might just as well let the rest of it go, join the party, and dance our hearts out.
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Confronting some stern and faceless judge who would condemn me to a pit of hell if I didn’t achieve the “zone,” if even for a moment. Not a particularly happy place to work from.
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No matter what you do or where you are, you’re going to be missing out on something.
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But one of the things I learned from improvising is that all of life is an improvisation, whether you like it or not.
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If I’m doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.
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It doesn’t mean we don’t take it seriously, but no one is under the delusion (that we’re) bringing world peace.
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As hard as it is in your work, it’s harder in your life. But it can be done.
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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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