Catch-22′ was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it.
ALAN ARKINYou know what Andy Warhol’s sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell’s Soup a household word.
More Alan Arkin Quotes
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If I’m doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.
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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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No matter what you do or where you are, you’re going to be missing out on something.
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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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Two-thirds of American movies are extensions of commercials — they tell you how to feel and they tell you how to think — rather than letting you figure it out on your own.
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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’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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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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I’ve always considered myself an actor, but I wasn’t making a living as an actor.
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A product is most easily sold when it has an identity. So they wrap you all up and put a label on you.
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I had a hard time treating my field as if it’s horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other.
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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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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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[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.
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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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