We might just as well let the rest of it go, join the party, and dance our hearts out.
ALAN ARKINEither you’re growing or you’re decaying; there’s no middle ground. If you’re standing still, you’re decaying.
More Alan Arkin Quotes
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I gotta keep busy. I’m not happy unless I’m working on two, three things.
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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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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.
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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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” 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.
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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 want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.
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Things are never going to turn out how you think they will.
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Every physicist knows that things connect with each other. To isolate things is not the way the universe works – winning best actor is arbitrary.
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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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I don’t think it does the audience any good to know what I do to prepare.
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I don’t believe there’s anything in life you can’t go back and fix.
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All I can say is if the part doesn’t delight me in some way, or I can’t feel any compassion for it, I just can’t do it.
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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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