Latest Alan Arkin Quotes from Interviews

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• I've always considered myself an actor, but I wasn't making a living as an actor.

  Alan Arkin

  Burritos, Actors, Making A Living

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. August 2, 2006.

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

  Alan Arkin

  Serious, Comedy, Kind

  Interview with Nathan Rabin, film.avclub.com. August 2, 2006.

• If you want to be an actor and you love acting, you can do it whether you're doing something else or not. You can be connected with community theater or make your own little movies. But, if you want to be a movie star, you've got a tough road ahead of you.

  Alan Arkin

  Stars, Community, Acting

  Source: collider.com

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

  Alan Arkin

  Corporate

  Source: deadline.com

• I don't love the business. I never wanted to be a part of it. I don't think any actor does. Most of the time, I've been really fortunate to work with people who are really fun to work with. It doesn't mean we don't take it seriously, but no one is under the delusion (that we're) bringing world peace.

  Alan Arkin

  Fun, Mean, Thinking

  Source: deadline.com

• 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

  People, Want, Sometimes

  Source: collider.com