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I don't care about names attached to the script. That doesn't matter to me. All things being equal, I would like to work with a good script with a good director, and the part I play is of less important than those two factors.

~Alan Arkin

Topics: About All Things Attached Being Care Director Equal Factors Good Good Director Good Script Important Less Like Matter Me Names Part Play Script Than Things Those Two Work Would

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

~Alan Arkin

Topics: Actor Being Business Know Move No Business People Then

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

~Alan Arkin

Topics: Being Craft Get Had Hard Past Stage Terrified Very Work

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I'm not sure if I've learned anything from show business. Life in general has taught me if you're kind to people, everything gets easier. Being a decent person really smoothes the way for you and everyone else.

~Alan Arkin

Topics: Anything Being Business Decent Easier Else Everyone Everyone Else Everything General Gets Kind Learned Life Me People Person Really Show Show Business Sure Taught Way You

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I had to jump around in the arts for a while just to survive. I earned a little money here and there, playing the guitar at union meetings, functions. I sold some science-fiction stories. I knew there was absolutely no question of me not being connected with the arts, but I couldn't find any acting jobs.

~Alan Arkin

Topics: Absolutely Acting Any Around Arts Being Connected Earned Find Functions Guitar Had Here Jobs Jump Just Knew Little Little Money Me Meetings Money No Question Playing Question Science-Fiction Sold Some Stories Survive To Survive Union While

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I had a hard time treating my field as if it's horse racing, putting actors in competition against each other. I see how the industry and the studios feel it's important, but I don't really have a feeling for being in competition. I want to feel sympathetic and close to others, not opposed to them.

~Alan Arkin

Topics: Actor Against Being Close Competition Each Feel Feeling Field Had Hard Hard Time Horse Horse Racing How Important Industry Opposed Other Others Putting Racing Really See Studios Sympathetic Them Time Treating Want I See

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Somebody asked me, 'Why do people like vampires so much?' This was right after Obama had been elected and I said, 'Because we just spent eight years being sucked dry by one.'

~Alan Ball

Topics: After Asked Because Been Being Dry Eight Elected Had Just Like Me Much Obama People Right Said Somebody Spent Sucked Vampires Why Years

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And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy that really made a tremendous amount of sense. What I liked that was missing from my experience of Christianity growing up was a sort of acceptance, a sort of being OK with being imperfect and not focusing on the sin.

~Alan Ball

Topics: Acceptance Amount Any Being Buddhism Christianity Eastern Ever Experience First First Time Focusing Growing Growing Up Had Imperfect Liked Made Missing Ok Onto Philosophy Read Really Sense Sin Sort Stumbled Time Tremendous Tremendous Amount Up

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I always choose to look, as much as one can, at the supernatural not being something that exists outside of nature, but a deeper, fundamental heart of nature that perhaps humans... have lost touch with. It's a more primal thing than perhaps we are attuned to in our modern, self-aware way of life.

~Alan Ball

Topics: Always Being Choose Deeper Exists Fundamental Heart Humans Life Look Lost Modern More Much Nature Our Outside Perhaps Primal Something Supernatural Than Thing Touch Way

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You know, I'm gay and I grew up being aware of that at a very early age, in a fairly repressed family.

~Alan Ball

Topics: Age Aware Being Early Early Age Fairly Family Gay Grew Know Repressed Up Very Very Early Age You

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