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Adam Arkin

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Adam Arkin is an American actor and director. He is best known for playing the role of Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope. He has been nominated for numerous awards, including a Tony as well as three primetime Emmys, four SAG Awards, and a DGA Award. Between 2000-2002 he played the recurring role of Dr. St

Quotes by Adam Arkin

What I had to say was, in general, I'm not really a fan of any one genre of any kind of film.

Cinema

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I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.

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I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble.

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I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.

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I'm always honored, but I think for every 100 of those that come along, one of them is actually going to happen.…

Facts

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First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important contributor to the process.…

Contributor

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It's a lot of work and I also feel like I've done it. I miss comedy. And I also think that, from…

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We all look to have transcendent experiences that lift us out of the everyday, and fear is a good one. But, I…

Comedy

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The idea of it becomes a little freaky if you're dealing with someone who has trouble differentiating between fantasy and reality, but…

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I really would have been stupid not to have done it. It was also a film that was actually happening, I mean,…

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To confront those fears, in a controlled environment, where there's 300 people around you going through the same thing, it's this weird…

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You're going through the horror of it, you're going through the isolation of it but you're being empowered by reminding yourself that…

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I think that's created a healthy environment. The comparisons to "ER" were maddening and there was this assumption that the two of…

Anger

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I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears usually…

Chance

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People can get obsessed with romance, they can get obsessed with political paranoia, they can get obsessed with horror. It's isn't the…

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It's amazing that this is still news to people, but that affects the final outcome of the film. When people are treated…

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I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the…

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It's the same thing that drives people to want to experience sexual pleasure or have one too many drinks. We all want…

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The place was crawling with youngsters. It was good, because the kids were good. I can't make a general assumption. Again, you're…

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