Even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did
ALAN ARKIN” 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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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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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 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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You can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world.
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[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.
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Things are never going to turn out how you think they will.
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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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As hard as it is in your work, it’s harder in your life. But it can be done.
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Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.
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That’s what we’re all doing, all the time, whether we know it or not. Whether we like it or not. Creating something on the spur of the moment with the materials at hand.
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I’m an actor. My life as an actor depends on who sends me what. I’m just taking the best stuff that I can find that’s sent my way, regardless of how big or little the paycheck is.
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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 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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Catch-22′ was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it.
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Incorporating it, somehow trying to work their way all together to a meaning of some kind, or at least a conclusion.
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