If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you’re doing something else or not.
ALAN ARKINNo matter what you do or where you are, you’re going to be missing out on something.
More Alan Arkin Quotes
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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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As hard as it is in your work, it’s harder in your life. But it can be done.
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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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” 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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We might just as well let the rest of it go, join the party, and dance our hearts out.
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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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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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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 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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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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Truth is always unfolding. It’s not an absolute.
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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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My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.
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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 gotta keep busy. I’m not happy unless I’m working on two, three things.
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