I gotta keep busy. I’m not happy unless I’m working on two, three things.
ALAN ARKINCatch-22′ was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it.
More Alan Arkin Quotes
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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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If I’m doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.
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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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No matter what you do or where you are, you’re going to be missing out on something.
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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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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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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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Truth is always unfolding. It’s not an absolute.
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I had a hard time treating my field as if it’s horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other.
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You know what Andy Warhol’s sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell’s Soup a household word.
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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’ve always considered myself an actor, but I wasn’t making a living as an actor.
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Things are never going to turn out how you think they will.
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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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Hollywood is a strange place. The class structure here is more rigid than almost anyplace I’ve ever experienced. It’s made more difficult by the fact that it’s constantly changing.
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