I don’t believe there’s anything in life you can’t go back and fix.
ALAN ARKINTruth is always unfolding. It’s not an absolute.
More Alan Arkin Quotes
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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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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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It’s murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point.
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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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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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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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Incorporating it, somehow trying to work their way all together to a meaning of some kind, or at least a conclusion.
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It keeps it more of a surprise. I don’t feel like it has to be a mystery.
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[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.
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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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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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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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No matter what you do or where you are, you’re going to be missing out on something.
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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 I’m doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.
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