I don't know what I'm proudest of. The fact that my kids still talk to me. — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Over the years, I played with a couple of spectacular guitar players, and playing with them has made me play better than… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I'm not sure if I've learned anything from show business. Life in general has taught me if you're kind to people, everything… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I get a little upset, yeah, if a year goes by and I don't get a script. Thank God I have other… — 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
I had to jump around in the arts for a while just to survive. I earned a little money here and there,… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
My favorite thing is to be working with people I enjoy working with. I've reached the point where, emotionally, I don't need… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
All I can say is if the part doesn't delight me in some way, or I can't feel any compassion for it,… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I'm an actor. My life as an actor depends on who sends me what. I'm just taking the best stuff that I… — 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
There have been times when I've been broke, and a job came along, and I've said, 'Yeah! Let's do it!' But I… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I don't care about names attached to the script. That doesn't matter to me. All things being equal, I would like to… — 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
