You know what Andy Warhol’s sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell’s Soup a household word.
ALAN ARKINYou 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.
More Alan Arkin Quotes
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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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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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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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I gotta keep busy. I’m not happy unless I’m working on two, three things.
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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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You can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world.
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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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” 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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Truth is always unfolding. It’s not an absolute.
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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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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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It keeps it more of a surprise. I don’t feel like it has to be a mystery.
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Confronting some stern and faceless judge who would condemn me to a pit of hell if I didn’t achieve the “zone,” if even for a moment. Not a particularly happy place to work from.
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[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.
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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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