I know that if I can’t move people, then I have no business being an actor.
ALAN ARKIN- I don’t believe there’s anything in life you can’t go back and fix.
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More Alan Arkin Quotes
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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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For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle.
ALAN ARKINFor many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle.
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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.
ALAN ARKINThat’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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Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.
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I don’t believe there’s anything in life you can’t go back and fix.
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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.
ALAN ARKINYou know what Andy Warhol’s sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell’s Soup a household word.
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Most of the time, I’ve been really fortunate to work with people who are really fun to work with.
ALAN ARKINMost of the time, I’ve been really fortunate to work with people who are really fun to work with.
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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.
ALAN ARKINTen 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 don’t believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?
ALAN ARKINI 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.
ALAN ARKINCreativity 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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Every physicist knows that things connect with each other. To isolate things is not the way the universe works – winning best actor is arbitrary.
ALAN ARKINEvery 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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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.
ALAN ARKINTwo-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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I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn’t move me, and I tried to analyze.
ALAN ARKINI used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn’t move me, and I tried to analyze.
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Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces?
ALAN ARKINIs it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces?
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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.
ALAN ARKINBut 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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We might just as well let the rest of it go, join the party, and dance our hearts out.
ALAN ARKINWe might just as well let the rest of it go, join the party, and dance our hearts out.
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