No matter what you do or where you are, you’re going to be missing out on something.
ALAN ARKINTruth is always unfolding. It’s not an absolute.
More Alan Arkin Quotes
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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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For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle.
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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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There’s a familiarity that sometimes shocks and annoys the hell out of me.
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I had a bunch of lean years where I had to do things, a lot of which I wasn’t wildly enthusiastic about.
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Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.
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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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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 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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[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.
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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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Catch-22′ was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it.
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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 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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