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
You have to think of your career the way you look at the ocean, deciding which wave you're gonna take and which… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
But one of the things I learned from improvising is that all of life is an improvisation, whether you like it or… — 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
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
If you're playing a negative character, sooner or later it rubs off on you. Some people don't mind living in that state,… — 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
