Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces?
ALAN ARKINEven at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did
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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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I know that if I can’t move people, then I have no business being an actor.
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And 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.
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It’s murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point.
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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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For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle.
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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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[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.
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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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A product is most easily sold when it has an identity. So they wrap you all up and put a label on you.
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No matter what you do or where you are, you’re going to be missing out on something.
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If I’m doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.
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What I’ve learned about teaching is to refer back to the root of that word, which is educo, which means “to pull from.
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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 gotta keep busy. I’m not happy unless I’m working on two, three things.
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