If I’m doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.
ALAN ARKINMost of the time, I’ve been really fortunate to work with people who are really fun to work with.
More Alan Arkin Quotes
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You can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world.
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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 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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Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces?
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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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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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You know what Andy Warhol’s sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell’s Soup a household word.
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Even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did
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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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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 know that if I can’t move people, then I have no business being an actor.
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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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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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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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I don’t think it does the audience any good to know what I do to prepare.
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