Alan Arkin Quotes

People think that the people in Hollywood have some master plan. They just make the movies that people go to see. I think it's that simple. I promise you if people were lining up around the block to see a Bible movie, they'd make Bible movies from now to the end of time.

Alan Arkin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimeSimplePeopleBibleThinkEnd

I'm often asked what I think about the faith of the President George W. Bush. I think it is sincere. I think it's very real. I think it's deeply held.

Jim Wallis

FaithThinkPresidentRealSincere

I was always rather outspoken. I worried about what people thought of me but there really wasn't room for a lot of self-doubt.

Joe Mantello

PeopleMeThoughtAlwaysRoomAbout

We always stayed true to what the Ramones are.

Joey Ramone

TrueAlwaysRamonesStayed

I get massages almost daily. Sometimes I fall asleep during the massage, but it's very important to have deep-tissue massages because that type recovers muscles best.

Ana Ivanovic

DailyBestFallImportantSometimes

You know, I think it's so ironic that we're calling hard work, striving for excellence, don't blame others, you know, don't give up, that we're calling these, quote, 'Chinese values,' 'cause I always thought of them as American values.

Amy Chua

WorkHard WorkExcellenceBlameYou

A woman can never be too rich or too thin, but until very, very recently, she could be too powerful, for which - if she wasn't smart enough to camouflage herself - she generally paid the price.

Stacy Schiff

WomanSmartRichEnoughPowerful

I play with Sacha Kljestan, and I talk a lot with him about playing in MLS.

Romelu Lukaku

PlayTalkHimPlayingAboutLot

I would feel horrible to think I had put my name on a pistol permit and allowed someone to carry around a gun and they committed another crime.

Mike Rutherford

GunThinkNameFeelSomeoneCrime

I've never really felt at home in L.A. I've only been here to work, and then I immediately go back to New York.

Dianne Wiest

WorkHomeNew YorkBackGoNew

I never wanted to be a feature - that was never the goal with my music. I didn't want to just live through other people's work.

Daya

WorkLiveMusicPeopleGoalWant

When you're doing something you're truly passionate about, there is no plan B.

Chris Gardner

DoingPlanYouPassionateSomething

At the time, there was a great disagreement over 'The Wild and the Innocent,' and I was asked to record the entire album over again with studio musicians. And I said I wouldn't do it, and they basically said, 'Well hey, look, it's going to go in the trash can.' That's the record business, you know.

Bruce Springsteen

BusinessGreatTimeMusiciansLook

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