Truth is always unfolding. It’s not an absolute.
ALAN ARKINI 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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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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But one of the things I learned from improvising is that all of life is an improvisation, whether you like it or not.
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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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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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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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Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.
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For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle.
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If I’m doing a fake movie, it’s gonna be a fake hit.
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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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No matter what you do or where you are, you’re going to be missing out on something.
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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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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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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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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 used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn’t move me, and I tried to analyze.
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