It’s murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point.
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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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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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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You can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world.
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Things are never going to turn out how you think they will.
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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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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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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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I gotta keep busy. I’m not happy unless I’m working on two, three things.
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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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Either you’re growing or you’re decaying; there’s no middle ground. If you’re standing still, you’re decaying.
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[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.
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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 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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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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For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle.
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