I’ve always considered myself an actor, but I wasn’t making a living as an actor.
ALAN ARKIN
I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.
More Alan Arkin Quotes
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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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It’s murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point.
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There’s a familiarity that sometimes shocks and annoys the hell out of me.
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You can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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Even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did
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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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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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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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Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces?
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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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As hard as it is in your work, it’s harder in your life. But it can be done.
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