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Alan Arkin quotes: I know that if I can't move people, then I have no business being an actor.

I know that if I can't move people, then I have no business being an actor.

Alan Arkin quotes: I was terrified of being on stage, and I had to work very hard at a craft to get past that.

I was terrified of being on stage, and I had to work very hard at a craft to get past that.

Alan Arkin quotes: Things are never going to turn out how you think they will.

Things are never going to turn out how you think they will.

Alan Arkin quotes: No matter what you do or where you are, you're going to be missing out on something.

No matter what you do or where you are, you're going to be missing out on something.

Alan Arkin quotes: If I'm going to make a fake movie, it's going to be a fake hit.

If I'm going to make a fake movie, it's going to be a fake hit.

Alan Arkin quotes: Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.

Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife.

Alan Arkin quotes: I love doing kids' shows, and I love working with kids. I've done a lot of it. A lot of people don't like working with children, but I love it.

I love doing kids' shows, and I love working with kids. I've done a lot of it. A lot of people don't like working with children, but I love it.

Alan Arkin quotes: There's a familiarity that sometimes shocks and annoys the hell out of me. People want a relationship with you that they haven't earned.

There's a familiarity that sometimes shocks and annoys the hell out of me. People want a relationship with you that they haven't earned.

Alan Arkin quotes: I'm used to changing a lot of the dialogue. But if I feel like the script is working, I don't want to mess with it.

I'm used to changing a lot of the dialogue. But if I feel like the script is working, I don't want to mess with it.

Alan Arkin quotes: I'm as old as I am, and I don't try to hide it. It's not a big deal.

I'm as old as I am, and I don't try to hide it. It's not a big deal.

Alan Arkin quotes: The years I spent paying my dues are in the background, and so are my concerns about whether my performance is good or bad.

The years I spent paying my dues are in the background, and so are my concerns about whether my performance is good or bad.

Alan Arkin quotes: I've always been an improviser. I was one before I knew even what the word was ... And acting, that I've been doing since I was 5.

I've always been an improviser. I was one before I knew even what the word was ... And acting, that I've been doing since I was 5.

Alan Arkin quotes: You hit a certain age, and you haven't died yet, and you become an elder statesman. I think I get a lot of applause because I'm not keeling over.

You hit a certain age, and you haven't died yet, and you become an elder statesman. I think I get a lot of applause because I'm not keeling over.

Alan Arkin quotes: Unless you're doing Shakespeare or Chekhov ... the written word is not sacrosanct.

Unless you're doing Shakespeare or Chekhov ... the written word is not sacrosanct.

Alan Arkin quotes: That's the privilege of old age: You don't have to remember.

That's the privilege of old age: You don't have to remember.

Alan Arkin quotes: No matter how much time you spend reading books or following your intuition, you're gonna screw it up. Fifty times. You can't do parenting right.

No matter how much time you spend reading books or following your intuition, you're gonna screw it up. Fifty times. You can't do parenting right.

Alan Arkin quotes: I don't mind watching plays once in a while, but as long as I don't have to be in them.

I don't mind watching plays once in a while, but as long as I don't have to be in them.

Alan Arkin quotes: For everybody, the tide comes in, the tide goes out - if you're an actor, particularly.

For everybody, the tide comes in, the tide goes out - if you're an actor, particularly.

Alan Arkin quotes: I don't think it does the audience any good to know what I do to prepare. It keeps it more of a surprise. I don't feel like it has to

I don't think it does the audience any good to know what I do to prepare. It keeps it more of a surprise. I don't feel like it has to be a mystery.

Alan Arkin quotes: I wanted to make it in New York. I thought if I went out to the Midwest, I'd be burying myself. But I was wrong.

I wanted to make it in New York. I thought if I went out to the Midwest, I'd be burying myself. But I was wrong.

Alan Arkin quotes: I gotta keep busy. I'm not happy unless I'm working on two, three things.

I gotta keep busy. I'm not happy unless I'm working on two, three things.

Alan Arkin quotes: You know what Andy Warhol's sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell's Soup a household word.

You know what Andy Warhol's sole contribution to this country has been? He made Campbell's Soup a household word.

Alan Arkin quotes: I'm very old. I haven't got time to be charming.

I'm very old. I haven't got time to be charming.

Alan Arkin quotes: [The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.

[The business is] more corporate and more formulaic and less experiential.

Alan Arkin quotes: Every physicist knows that things connect with each other. To isolate things is not the way the universe works - winning best actor is arbitrary.

Every physicist knows that things connect with each other. To isolate things is not the way the universe works - winning best actor is arbitrary.

Alan Arkin quotes: I don't know what I'm proudest of. The fact that my kids still talk to me.

I don't know what I'm proudest of. The fact that my kids still talk to me.

Alan Arkin quotes: I never had a better role than I had in 'Little Miss Sunshine.' That was one of my favorite roles ever.

I never had a better role than I had in 'Little Miss Sunshine.' That was one of my favorite roles ever.

Alan Arkin quotes: I get a little upset, yeah, if a year goes by and I don't get a script. Thank God I have other interests that keep me from becoming a nervous

I get a little upset, yeah, if a year goes by and I don't get a script. Thank God I have other interests that keep me from becoming a nervous wreck.

Alan Arkin quotes: All I can say is if the part doesn't delight me in some way, or I can't feel any compassion for it, I just can't do it.

All I can say is if the part doesn't delight me in some way, or I can't feel any compassion for it, I just can't do it.

Alan Arkin quotes: It's not that there is a terrible morality in Hollywood. I think there isn't any. There isn't any, by and large.

It's not that there is a terrible morality in Hollywood. I think there isn't any. There isn't any, by and large.

Alan Arkin quotes: My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.

My favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinning.

Alan Arkin quotes: I used to have a lot of philosophies of acting; they all fell apart over the years.

I used to have a lot of philosophies of acting; they all fell apart over the years.

Alan Arkin quotes: A director without a vision is a catastrophe.

A director without a vision is a catastrophe.

Alan Arkin quotes: I was a stoopball fan. I played stoopball all the time.

I was a stoopball fan. I played stoopball all the time.

Alan Arkin quotes: Truth is always unfolding. It's not an absolute.

Truth is always unfolding. It's not an absolute.

Alan Arkin quotes: I can't even pretend to play golf.

I can't even pretend to play golf.

Alan Arkin quotes: I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?

I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?

Alan Arkin quotes: I wrote my epitaph: He started out a particle and ended up a wave.

I wrote my epitaph: He started out a particle and ended up a wave.

Alan Arkin quotes: I would rather die than do a play - 10 years in solitary instead.

I would rather die than do a play - 10 years in solitary instead.

Alan Arkin quotes: Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.

Either you're growing or you're decaying; there's no middle ground. If you're standing still, you're decaying.