IN order to inform what I’m doing; otherwise, it just becomes the snake eating its own tail. Vampirism.
ALAN ARKINThere’s a familiarity that sometimes shocks and annoys the hell out of me.
More Alan Arkin Quotes
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Catch-22′ was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it.
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” Education does not mean jamming information into somebody’s head. Rather, it’s that ancient idea that all knowledge is within us; to teach is to help somebody pull it out of themselves.
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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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I don’t believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?
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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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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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Truth is always unfolding. It’s not an absolute.
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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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Most of the time, I’ve been really fortunate to work with people who are really fun to work with.
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No matter how much time you spend reading books or following your intuition, you’re gonna screw it up. Fifty times. You can’t do parenting right.
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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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We might just as well let the rest of it go, join the party, and dance our hearts out.
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As hard as it is in your work, it’s harder in your life. But it can be done.
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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’ve always considered myself an actor, but I wasn’t making a living as an actor.
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