Creativity means learning where the rules exist, and then breaking them! Saying, “It’s better this way.” But you have to know the rules in order to break them with any grace.
ALAN ARKINI gotta keep busy. I’m not happy unless I’m working on two, three things.
More Alan Arkin Quotes
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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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There’s a familiarity that sometimes shocks and annoys the hell out of me.
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[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.
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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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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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No matter what you do or where you are, you’re going to be missing out on something.
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Things are never going to turn out how you think they will.
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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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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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It doesn’t mean we don’t take it seriously, but no one is under the delusion (that we’re) bringing world peace.
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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 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.
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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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You know what Andy Warhol’s sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell’s Soup a household word.
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