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

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

Alan Arkin

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.

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.

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.

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?

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

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

I read somewhere that some people believe that the entire universe is a matrix of living thought. And I said,

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.

Acting is fun for me and it doesn't really matter how, whether it's hard work or easy work, it's always fun.

I don't analyze things like titles.

I don't analyze things like titles.

I don't direct movies for a living.

I don't direct movies for a living.

I'm an actor, I'm always looking for work. I was born to do that.

I'm an actor, I'm always looking for work. I was born to do that.

Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist.

Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist.

As an actor to watch an audience of people howl together in a single mind as a result of work you've done together with friends is a privilege.

As an actor to watch an audience of people howl together in a single mind as a result of work you've done together with friends is a privilege.

I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere.

I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere.