IN order to inform what I’m doing; otherwise, it just becomes the snake eating its own tail. Vampirism.
ALAN ARKINHollywood 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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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.
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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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As hard as it is in your work, it’s harder in your life. But it can be done.
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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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It keeps it more of a surprise. I don’t feel like it has to be a mystery.
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For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle.
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No matter how much time you spend reading books or following your intuition, you’re gonna screw it up. Fifty times. You can’t do parenting right.
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There’s a familiarity that sometimes shocks and annoys the hell out of me.
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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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Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.
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Truth is always unfolding. It’s not an absolute.
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I gotta keep busy. I’m not happy unless I’m working on two, three things.
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It’s murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point.
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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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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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