I don’t believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?
ALAN ARKINIt 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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Catch-22′ was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it.
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You can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world.
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We might just as well let the rest of it go, join the party, and dance our hearts out.
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If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you’re doing something else or not.
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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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Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces?
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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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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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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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I’ve always considered myself an actor, but I wasn’t making a living as an actor.
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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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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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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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No matter what you do or where you are, you’re going to be missing out on something.
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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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