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It doesn’t mean we don’t take it seriously, but no one is under the delusion (that we’re) bringing world peace.

Alan Arkin

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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Confronting some stern and faceless judge who would condemn me to a pit of hell if I didn’t achieve the “zone,” if even for a moment. Not a particularly happy place to work from.
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Most of the time, I’ve been really fortunate to work with people who are really fun to work with.
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You never know what class you belong to unless you’re one of the two or three people that have been in the same echelon for a long, long time.
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If I’m doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.
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And then that’s what you have to be. But what I’m looking for is the opportunity to explore what I can do, probing the limits, learning.
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I played guitar. I’ve always considered myself an actor, but I wasn’t making a living as an actor. So I was in a couple of folk groups that managed to keep me in underwear and burritos.
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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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Things are never going to turn out how you think they will.
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I know that if I can’t move people, then I have no business being an actor.
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I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.
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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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Catch-22′ was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it.
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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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But one of the things I learned from improvising is that all of life is an improvisation, whether you like it or not.
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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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