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.
ALAN ARKINMarriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.
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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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My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.
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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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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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I see how the industry and the studios feel it’s important, but I don’t really have a feeling for being in competition.
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I don’t live in L.A. on purpose because I don’t wanna be immersed in that. I have to have a real life, with real people.
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If I’m doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.
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Is it possible to have an endless series of successes without falling on our faces?
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Catch-22′ was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it.
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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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Either you’re growing or you’re decaying; there’s no middle ground. If you’re standing still, you’re decaying.
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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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I don’t believe there’s anything in life you can’t go back and fix.
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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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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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