Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces?
ALAN ARKINEither you’re growing or you’re decaying; there’s no middle ground. If you’re standing still, you’re decaying.
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I suppose it is, but I think it would entail doing the same things over and over again without taking chances, without taking risks or exploring our limits, without finding out what we can and can’t do.
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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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TV has taken reflection out of the human condition. People didn’t use to have a ready answer for everything, whether they knew something about it or not.
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I don’t love the business. I never wanted to be a part of it. I don’t think any actor does.
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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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As hard as it is in your work, it’s harder in your life. But it can be done.
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You never know what class you belong to unless you’re one of the two or three people that have been in the same echelon for a long, long time.
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Incorporating it, somehow trying to work their way all together to a meaning of some kind, or at least a conclusion.
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I don’t believe there’s anything in life you can’t go back and fix.
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Hollywood is a strange place. The class structure here is more rigid than almost anyplace I’ve ever experienced. It’s made more difficult by the fact that it’s constantly changing.
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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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I’ve always considered myself an actor, but I wasn’t making a living as an actor.
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IN order to inform what I’m doing; otherwise, it just becomes the snake eating its own tail. Vampirism.
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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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You can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world.
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If I’m doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.
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Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.
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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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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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We might just as well let the rest of it go, join the party, and dance our hearts out.
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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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It keeps it more of a surprise. I don’t feel like it has to be a mystery.
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I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.
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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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I had a hard time treating my field as if it’s horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other.
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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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