It doesn’t mean we don’t take it seriously, but no one is under the delusion (that we’re) bringing world peace.
ALAN ARKINI see how the industry and the studios feel it’s important, but I don’t really have a feeling for being in competition.
More Alan Arkin Quotes
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I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.
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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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I don’t think it does the audience any good to know what I do to prepare.
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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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And then that’s what you have to be. But what I’m looking for is the opportunity to explore what I can do, probing the limits, learning.
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It’s murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point.
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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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My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.
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If I’m doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.
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Ten years ago, it would have been impossible to imagine a Cockney singing group with a Southern Negro style and Indian and electronic music.
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TV has taken reflection out of the human condition. People didn’t use to have a ready answer for everything, whether they knew something about it or not.
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You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But, if you want to be a movie star, you’ve got a tough road ahead of you.
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I gotta keep busy. I’m not happy unless I’m working on two, three things.
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Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.
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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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