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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.

Alan Arkin

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 ARKIN

Actor Best Depend Life Little Paycheck Regard Send Stuff Take What
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.
ALAN ARKIN

Ahead Community Connect Little Mave Movie Own Road Theatre
We might just as well let the rest of it go, join the party, and dance our hearts out.
ALAN ARKIN

Dance Heart Join Just Let might Out Party Rest
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.
ALAN ARKIN

Believe Definition Entire God Man People Through Universe
I don’t think it does the audience any good to know what I do to prepare.
ALAN ARKIN

Audience Good Keep Know Prepare Surprise Think
Ten years ago, it would have been impossible to imagine a Cockney singing group with a Southern Negro style and Indian and electronic music.
ALAN ARKIN

Cockney Electronic Imagine Impossible Indian Negro Sing Southern Ten Year
I don’t believe there’s anything in life you can’t go back and fix.
ALAN ARKIN

Anything Back Believe Fix
I gotta keep busy. I’m not happy unless I’m working on two, three things.
ALAN ARKIN

Busy Gotta Happy Keep Thing Three Two Unless Work
What I’ve learned about teaching is to refer back to the root of that word, which is educo, which means “to pull from.
ALAN ARKIN

Back Educo Form Learn Lord Mean Pull Refer Root Teach
I know that if I can’t move people, then I have no business being an actor.
ALAN ARKIN

Actor Business Know People
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

Bring Delusion Peace Seriously Under World
For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle.
ALAN ARKIN

Acting Came Enormous Many Obstacle Place Some Surround Year
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

Actor Burritos Consider Folk Group Guitar Manage Myself Play Underwear
Two-thirds of American movies are extensions of commercials — they tell you how to feel and they tell you how to think — rather than letting you figure it out on your own.
ALAN ARKIN

Commercial Country Extension Feel Figure Now Out Rather Tell
A product is most easily sold when it has an identity. So they wrap you all up and put a label on you.
ALAN ARKIN

Easily Identity Label More Product Put Sold Wrap
Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.
ALAN ARKIN

Cost Honest Learn Marriage Require Sear Third Wife

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