A product is most easily sold when it has an identity. So they wrap you all up and put a label on you.
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 there’s anything in life you can’t go back and fix.
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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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As hard as it is in your work, it’s harder in your life. But it can be done.
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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.
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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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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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I gotta keep busy. I’m not happy unless I’m working on two, three things.
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Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces?
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I had a bunch of lean years where I had to do things, a lot of which I wasn’t wildly enthusiastic about.
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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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There’s a familiarity that sometimes shocks and annoys the hell out of me.
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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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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 know that if I can’t move people, then I have no business being an actor.
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