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IN order to inform what I’m doing; otherwise, it just becomes the snake eating its own tail. Vampirism.

Alan Arkin

No matter what you do or where you are, you’re going to be missing out on something.
ALAN ARKIN

Go Matter Miss Missing Something
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.
ALAN ARKIN

Commercial Country Extension Feel Figure Now Out Rather Tell
I don’t live in L.A. on purpose because I don’t wanna be immersed in that. I have to have a real life, with real people.
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Immerse Life People Purpose Real Wanna
I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.
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Close Feel Oppose Other Sympathetic Them Want
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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Been Belong Clas Know Long People Same Three Time Two Unless
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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Bunch Enthusiastic Lean Lot Thing Widely Year
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.
ALAN ARKIN

Actor Best Depend Life Little Paycheck Regard Send Stuff Take What
I don’t believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?
ALAN ARKIN

Artist Believe Between Competition Insane Someone
I’ve always considered myself an actor, but I wasn’t making a living as an actor.
ALAN ARKIN

Actor Always Consider Live Making Myself
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.
ALAN ARKIN

Compassion Delight Feel Part Say Some Way
Either you’re growing or you’re decaying; there’s no middle ground. If you’re standing still, you’re decaying.
ALAN ARKIN

Decay Ground Grow Middle Still
You know what Andy Warhol’s sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell’s Soup a household word.
ALAN ARKIN

Contribute Country Household Made Sole Soup Word
Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces?
ALAN ARKIN

Fall Risk Thinking
My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.
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Comedy Favorite Film Kind Serious
Truth is always unfolding. It’s not an absolute.
ALAN ARKIN

Absolute Always Truth Unfold
If I’m doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.
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Done Fake Hit Movie

IN order to inform what I’m doing; otherwise, it just becomes the snake eating its own tail. Vampirism.

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