I used to have a lot of philosophies of acting; they all fell apart over the years. — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle, confronting some stern and faceless judge who would… — 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
'Catch-22' was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it. I had a bunch of lean years where… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
You can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world. Ten years ago, it would have been… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
The years I spent paying my dues are in the background, and so are my concerns about whether my performance is good… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
The last time I heard real screaming in the theatre was when I went to see a movie I did years ago,… — 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
