It keeps it more of a surprise. I don’t feel like it has to be a mystery.
ALAN ARKINIt keeps it more of a surprise. I don’t feel like it has to be a mystery.
ALAN ARKINHollywood 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.
ALAN ARKINWhat I’ve learned about teaching is to refer back to the root of that word, which is educo, which means “to pull from.
ALAN ARKINI don’t think it does the audience any good to know what I do to prepare.
ALAN ARKINI don’t love the business. I never wanted to be a part of it. I don’t think any actor does.
ALAN ARKINIs it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces?
ALAN ARKINYou can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world.
ALAN ARKINThere’s a familiarity that sometimes shocks and annoys the hell out of me.
ALAN ARKINTV 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.
ALAN ARKINYou know what Andy Warhol’s sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell’s Soup a household word.
ALAN ARKINI want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.
ALAN ARKINAll 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.
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.
ALAN ARKINThings are never going to turn out how you think they will.
ALAN ARKINAs hard as it is in your work, it’s harder in your life. But it can be done.
ALAN ARKINI 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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