We might just as well let the rest of it go, join the party, and dance our hearts out.
ALAN ARKINI don’t believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?
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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” Education does not mean jamming information into somebody’s head. Rather, it’s that ancient idea that all knowledge is within us; to teach is to help somebody pull it out of themselves.
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I don’t think it does the audience any good to know what I do to prepare.
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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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It keeps it more of a surprise. I don’t feel like it has to be a mystery.
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Truth is always unfolding. It’s not an absolute.
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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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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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I don’t believe there’s anything in life you can’t go back and fix.
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TV has taken reflection out of the human condition. People didn’t use to have a ready answer for everything, whether they knew something about it or not.
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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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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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I don’t believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?
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Every physicist knows that things connect with each other. To isolate things is not the way the universe works – winning best actor is arbitrary.
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I gotta keep busy. I’m not happy unless I’m working on two, three things.
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