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 ARKINTen years ago, it would have been impossible to imagine a Cockney singing group with a Southern Negro style and Indian and electronic music.
More Alan Arkin Quotes
-
-
It doesn’t mean we don’t take it seriously, but no one is under the delusion (that we’re) bringing world peace.
ALAN ARKIN -
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 ARKIN -
It keeps it more of a surprise. I don’t feel like it has to be a mystery.
ALAN ARKIN -
I don’t believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?
ALAN ARKIN -
No matter what you do or where you are, you’re going to be missing out on something.
ALAN ARKIN -
I had a hard time treating my field as if it’s horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other.
ALAN ARKIN -
Either you’re growing or you’re decaying; there’s no middle ground. If you’re standing still, you’re decaying.
ALAN ARKIN -
I see how the industry and the studios feel it’s important, but I don’t really have a feeling for being in competition.
ALAN ARKIN -
Truth is always unfolding. It’s not an absolute.
ALAN ARKIN -
I gotta keep busy. I’m not happy unless I’m working on two, three things.
ALAN ARKIN -
Most of the time, I’ve been really fortunate to work with people who are really fun to work with.
ALAN ARKIN -
Incorporating it, somehow trying to work their way all together to a meaning of some kind, or at least a conclusion.
ALAN ARKIN -
” 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.
ALAN ARKIN -
Catch-22′ was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it.
ALAN ARKIN -
I played guitar. I’ve always considered myself an actor, but I wasn’t making a living as an actor. So I was in a couple of folk groups that managed to keep me in underwear and burritos.
ALAN ARKIN