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.

Alan Arkin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 26, 1934

Topics

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Since I first picked up the violin, I've been very interested in tone and texture: I would have very visceral reactions to the texture of a snare drum or a pedal steel guitar or a violin.

Andrew Bird

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I definitely applaud Netflix and all of those guys, whether it's Hulu or whoever, for doing original programming.

Mekhi Phifer

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We need to stop this overspending. We need to start turning this battleship in the right direction. And we all have to share in the sacrifice.

Jeff Fortenberry

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The desk thing is a problem for me. The ideal one would be vast and perfectly clear. Yet the bane of the biographical existence is paper; if you're 'an artist under oath' you're writing from a mountain of documentation.

Stacy Schiff

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I've told everyone that I grew old on 'Hee Haw,' but I could've grown old without it.

Roy Clark

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We are all selfish and I no more trust myself than others with a good motive.

Lord Byron

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What people have to understand is 'Billboard' is a magazine. They're like elected officials - they work for us.

Jay-Z

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Forget sex or politics or religion, loneliness is the subject that clears out a room.

Douglas Coupland

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The difference between me and them is that I'll look at Jesse Jackson and I'll see four Jesse Jacksons, and they'll just see one, the clown ambulance chaser.

Chris Matthews

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I was put on death row because of hate.

Anthony Ray Hinton

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Money has transformed every watchdog, every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen.

Thomas Frank

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I was fully immersed in the now as an athlete.

Kyle Shewfelt

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