If I’m doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.
ALAN ARKINNo 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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That’s what we’re all doing, all the time, whether we know it or not. Whether we like it or not. Creating something on the spur of the moment with the materials at hand.
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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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Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.
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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 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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Truth is always unfolding. It’s not an absolute.
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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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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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Things are never going to turn out how you think they will.
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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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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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A product is most easily sold when it has an identity. So they wrap you all up and put a label on you.
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For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle.
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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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I gotta keep busy. I’m not happy unless I’m working on two, three things.
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