"I was terrified of being on stage, and……" — Alan Arkin
"I was terrified of being on stage, and I had to work very hard at a craft to get past that."
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21 Quotes by Alan Arkin
Alan Arkin has 21 quotes on this site.
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Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.
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I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that…
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I know that if I can't move people, then I have no business being an actor.
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"What I've learned about teaching is to refer back to the root of that word, which is educo, which means…
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No matter how much time you spend reading books or following your intuition, you're gonna screw it up. Fifty times.…
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No matter what you do or where you are, you're going to be missing out on something.
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It's murder to doubt yourself in life. It took until I was 45 to get to that point. As hard…
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If I'm going to make a fake movie, it's going to be a fake hit.
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Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.
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I would like to have a movie under my own control sometime, and see what could be done with it.…
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Over the years, I played with a couple of spectacular guitar players, and playing with them has made me play…
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My father was a painter. There was a lot of singing. We hung around with a lot of folk musicians.…
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More Craft Quotes
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one of 641 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are…
— Bryan Adams
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The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. For evidence one has…
— Balthus
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It would be curious to know what leads a man to become a stationer rather than a baker, when he…
— Honore de Balzac
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It is all about marketing; that is where the real craft comes in. The best actors do not necessarily become…
— Dirk Benedict
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A stage play requires very different craft from a book, fiction or otherwise, and ditto from a screenplay.
— Dirk Benedict
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As I get into it more, I want to grow as an artist, as an entertainer, and basically perfect my…
— Justin Bieber
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The human heart is as a frail craft on which we wish to reach the stars.
— Giotto di Bondone
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The cooking profession, while it's a noble craft and a noble calling, 'cause you're doing something useful - you're feeding…
— Anthony Bourdain
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Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first…
— Richard Branson
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Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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The beautiful thing about acting is that you can just dive into the character, strip yourself of everything, and just…
— Nick Cannon
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I have two different categories of favorite films. One is the emotional favorites, which means these are generally films that…
— John Carpenter
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