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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.

Alan Arkin

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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Commercial Country Extension Feel Figure Now Out Rather Tell
I don’t believe there’s anything in life you can’t go back and fix.
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Anything Back Believe Fix
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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Actor Against Competition Each Field Hard Horse Other Put Race Time Treat
If I’m doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.
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Done Fake Hit Movie
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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Bring Delusion Peace Seriously Under World
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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Decay Ground Grow Middle Still
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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Again Chance Entail Explore Find Limit Same Suppose Take Thing
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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Actor Arbitrary Best Connect Isolate Physicist Thing Universe Win Work
No matter what you do or where you are, you’re going to be missing out on something.
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Go Matter Miss Missing Something
It’s murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point.
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Doubt Murder Point Took Until Yourself
I don’t believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?
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Artist Believe Between Competition Insane Someone
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.
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Immerse Life People Purpose Real Wanna
I’ve always considered myself an actor, but I wasn’t making a living as an actor.
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Actor Always Consider Live Making Myself
Even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did
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Age Certain Eight Even Move Seven Six Thing
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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Business Love never
That’s what we’re all doing, all the time, whether we know it or not. Whether we like it or not. Creating something on the spur of the moment with the materials at hand.
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All Create Do Hand Like Material Movement Something Time

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