Alan Arkin Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

I read somewhere that some people believe that the entire universe is a matrix of living thought. And I said, "Man if that's not a definition of God, I don't know what is.

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

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