--- title: "5 Knew Quotes By Alan Arkin" description: "5 Knew quotes by Alan Arkin. Plus more from Alan Arkin and more Knew sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/alan-arkin-5379_about_tv-has-taken-reflection-out-of-the-human_865424.png" --- > [TV has taken reflection out of the human condition. People didn't use to have a ready answer for everything, whether they knew…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/tv-has-taken-reflection-out-of-the-human-condition-people-didn-t-use/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/alan-arkin-5379_about_tv-has-taken-reflection-out-of-the-human_865424.png) > [Over the years, I played with a couple of spectacular guitar players, and playing with them has made me play better than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/over-the-years-i-played-with-a-couple-of-spectacular-guitar-players/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/alan-arkin-5379_acting_over-the-years-i-played-with-a-couple-of_1047238.png) > [I've always been an improviser. I was one before I knew even what the word was... And acting, that I've been doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-ve-always-been-an-improviser-i-was-one-before-i-knew-even-what-the/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/87e/alan-arkin-5379_acting_i-ve-always-been-an-improviser-i-was-one_1755253.png) > [I had to jump around in the arts for a while just to survive. I earned a little money here and there,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-had-to-jump-around-in-the-arts-for-a-while-just-to-survive-i-earned/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/edd/alan-arkin-5379_absolutely_i-had-to-jump-around-in-the-arts-for-a-w_2180317.png) > [My father was a painter. There was a lot of singing. We hung around with a lot of folk musicians. My family…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/my-father-was-a-painter-there-was-a-lot-of-singing-we-hung-around/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae7/alan-arkin-5379_around_my-father-was-a-painter-there-was-a-lot_2722907.jpg) ## Other authors on Knew ## More by Alan Arkin > [I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-don-t-believe-in-competitions-between-artists-this-is-insane-who/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) > [If I'm going to make a fake movie, it's going to be a fake hit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/if-i-m-going-to-make-a-fake-movie-it-s-going-to-be-a-fake-hit/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) > [I don't mind watching plays once in a while, but as long as I don't have to be in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-don-t-mind-watching-plays-once-in-a-while-but-as-long-as-i-don-t/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) > [I had a hard time treating my field as if it's horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other. I see how the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-had-a-hard-time-treating-my-field-as-if-it-s-horse-racing-putting/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) > [Creativity means learning where the rules exist, and then breaking them! Saying, "It's better this way." But you have to know the rules in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/creativity-means-learning-where-the-rules-exist-and-then-breaking/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) > [Things have got to add up to 100 points. The script is part of it, the character is part of it, the people I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/things-have-got-to-add-up-to-100-points-the-script-is-part-of-it-the/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) > [I don't sense that I am someone's hero, though I'm happy when people like my work. I've learned how to be gracious about it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-don-t-sense-that-i-am-someone-s-hero-though-i-m-happy-when-people/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) > [It's - everybody's looking at the bottom line all the time, and failure doesn't look good on the bottom line, and yet you don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/it-s-everybody-s-looking-at-the-bottom-line-all-the-time-and-failure/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) > [That's the privilege of old age: You don't have to remember.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/that-s-the-privilege-of-old-age-you-don-t-have-to-remember/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) > [Every physicist knows that things connect with each other. To isolate things is not the way the universe works - winning best actor is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/every-physicist-knows-that-things-connect-with-each-other-to-isolate/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) > [I don't know why we have to put things in boxes of superlatives. That isolates them. Life is fluid, and the minute you start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-don-t-know-why-we-have-to-put-things-in-boxes-of-superlatives-that/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) > [People think that the people in Hollywood have some master plan. They just make the movies that people go to see. I think it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/people-think-that-the-people-in-hollywood-have-some-master-plan-they/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) > [I'm very old. I haven't got time to be charming.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-m-very-old-i-haven-t-got-time-to-be-charming/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-m-an-actor-my-life-as-an-actor-depends-on-who-sends-me-what-i-m/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/education-does-not-mean-jamming-information-into-somebody-s-head/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knew/alan-arkin/#itemlist", "name": "5 Knew Quotes By Alan Arkin", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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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