I’m an actor. My life as an actor depends on who sends me what. I’m just taking the best stuff that I can find that’s sent my way, regardless of how big or little the paycheck is.
ALAN ARKINAnd then that’s what you have to be. But what I’m looking for is the opportunity to explore what I can do, probing the limits, learning.
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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Even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did
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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 believe there’s anything in life you can’t go back and fix.
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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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I don’t think it does the audience any good to know what I do to prepare.
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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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I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.
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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.
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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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My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.
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Things are never going to turn out how you think they will.
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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.
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Truth is always unfolding. It’s not an absolute.
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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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