People think that the people in Hollywood have some master plan. They just make the movies that people go to see. I… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I wanted to make it in New York. I thought if I went out to the Midwest, I'd be burying myself. But… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I gotta make a living. I make no bones about that. Most actors do. But within that context, I've never not tried… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I love insane, stupid comedy, but I can only make it work if it's a character I can give some history to… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not.… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I would like to have a movie under my own control sometime, and see what could be done with it. Who knows?… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Filmmakers, they tell me they want to make movies. I say, 'Good, go out, buy a $500 camera, get some friends and… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better? — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I don't mind watching plays once in a while, but as long as I don't have to be in them. — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
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… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
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… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
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… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
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,… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
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… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Every physicist knows that things connect with each other. To isolate things is not the way the universe works - winning best actor is… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
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… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
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… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
