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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.

Alan Arkin

Most of the time, I’ve been really fortunate to work with people who are really fun to work with.
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Been Fortunate Most Place Really Time Work
It keeps it more of a surprise. I don’t feel like it has to be a mystery.
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Feel Keep Like More Mystery Surprise
My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.
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Comedy Favorite Film Kind Serious
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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Competition Feel Important Industry Realy See Studious
I’ve always considered myself an actor, but I wasn’t making a living as an actor.
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Actor Always Consider Live Making Myself
Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces?
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Fall Risk Thinking
Creativity means learning where the rules exist, and then breaking them! Saying, “It’s better this way.” But you have to know the rules in order to break them with any grace.
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Break Creativity Exist Grace Learn Order Rule Say
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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Business Love never
No matter what you do or where you are, you’re going to be missing out on something.
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Go Matter Miss Missing Something
If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you’re doing something else or not.
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Acting Actor Else Love Something Want
I suppose it is, but I think it would entail doing the same things over and over again without taking chances, without taking risks or exploring our limits, without finding out what we can and can’t do.
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Again Chance Entail Explore Find Limit Same Suppose Take Thing
Even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did
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Age Certain Eight Even Move Seven Six Thing
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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Cockney Electronic Imagine Impossible Indian Negro Sing Southern Ten Year
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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Bring Delusion Peace Seriously Under World
I don’t live in L.A. on purpose because I don’t wanna be immersed in that. I have to have a real life, with real people.
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Immerse Life People Purpose Real Wanna
[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.
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Business Corporate Experimental Formulaic Less More

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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