Every physicist knows that things connect with each other. To isolate things is not the way the universe works – winning best actor is arbitrary.
ALAN ARKINYou 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 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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My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.
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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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I don’t think it does the audience any good to know what I do to prepare.
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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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No matter what you do or where you are, you’re going to be missing out on something.
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I read somewhere that some people believe that the entire universe is a matrix of living thought. And I said, “Man, if that’s not a definition of God, I don’t know what is.
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I don’t believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?
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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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For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle.
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All I can say is if the part doesn’t delight me in some way, or I can’t feel any compassion for it, I just can’t do it.
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[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.
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You can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world.
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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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As hard as it is in your work, it’s harder in your life. But it can be done.
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