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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

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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As hard as it is in your work, it’s harder in your life. But it can be done.
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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.
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I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.
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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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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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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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What I’ve learned about teaching is to refer back to the root of that word, which is educo, which means “to pull from.
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[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.
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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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I don’t think it does the audience any good to know what I do to prepare.
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Audience Good Keep Know Prepare Surprise Think
Things are never going to turn out how you think they will.
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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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Every physicist knows that things connect with each other. To isolate things is not the way the universe works – winning best actor is arbitrary.
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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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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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