Incorporating it, somehow trying to work their way all together to a meaning of some kind, or at least a conclusion.
ALAN ARKINYou can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world.
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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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Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces?
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Confronting some stern and faceless judge who would condemn me to a pit of hell if I didn’t achieve the “zone,” if even for a moment. Not a particularly happy place to work from.
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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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It keeps it more of a surprise. I don’t feel like it has to be a mystery.
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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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[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.
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For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle.
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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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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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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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Either you’re growing or you’re decaying; there’s no middle ground. If you’re standing still, you’re decaying.
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Most of the time, I’ve been really fortunate to work with people who are really fun to work with.
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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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If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you’re doing something else or not.
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