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.
ALAN ARKINWhat 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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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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There’s a familiarity that sometimes shocks and annoys the hell out of me.
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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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You can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world.
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It doesn’t mean we don’t take it seriously, but no one is under the delusion (that we’re) bringing world peace.
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Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.
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It’s murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point.
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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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I don’t think it does the audience any good to know what I do to prepare.
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I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.
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For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle.
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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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If I’m doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.
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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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IN order to inform what I’m doing; otherwise, it just becomes the snake eating its own tail. Vampirism.
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