It doesn’t mean we don’t take it seriously, but no one is under the delusion (that we’re) bringing world peace.
ALAN ARKINYou can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world.
More Alan Arkin Quotes
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There’s a familiarity that sometimes shocks and annoys the hell out of me.
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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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As hard as it is in your work, it’s harder in your life. But it can be done.
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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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Catch-22′ was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it.
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You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But, if you want to be a movie star, you’ve got a tough road ahead of you.
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Improvisation sometimes seemed more like jazz than acting, like verbal jazz, with the actors playing a theme back and forth, and then introducing another themeM
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I read somewhere that some people believe that the entire universe is a matrix of living thought. And I said, “Man, if that’s not a definition of God, I don’t know what is.
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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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Creativity means learning where the rules exist, and then breaking them! Saying, “It’s better this way.” But you have to know the rules in order to break them with any grace.
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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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But one of the things I learned from improvising is that all of life is an improvisation, whether you like it or not.
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I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.
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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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Things are never going to turn out how you think they will.
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