For everybody, the tide comes in, the tide goes out - if you're an actor, particularly. Alan Arkin actortide Change image and share on social
I get a little upset, yeah, if a year goes by and I don't get a script. Thank God I have other interests that keep me from becoming a nervous wreck. Alan Arkin godinterestnervous Change image and share on social
Things have got to add up to 100 points. The script is part of it, the character is part of it, the people I'm working with is the third part of it - and any combination of the three has got to add up to 100 points. Alan Arkin addcharactercombination share on social
I don't like improvising on camera, particularly, but very often, a scene will not be working, and you rehearse it once or twice, and you realize something's missing. So I'll play with it until it makes sense. Alan Arkin cameraimprovisemake share on social
If you're playing a negative character, sooner or later it rubs off on you. Some people don't mind living in that state, but I don't want to be there anymore. I don't want to live in a state of depression. Alan Arkin anymorecharacterdepression share on social
A director without a vision is a catastrophe. Alan Arkin catastrophedirectorvision Change image and share on social
Marriage requires searing honesty at all costs. I learned that from my third wife. Alan Arkin costhonestylearn Change image and share on social
That's the privilege of old age: You don't have to remember. Alan Arkin ageprivilegeremember Change image and share on social
I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn't move me, and I tried to analyze, even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did. Alan Arkin ageanalyzemove share on social
Unless you're doing Shakespeare or Chekhov... the written word is not sacrosanct. Alan Arkin chekhovsacrosanctshakespeare Change image and share on social
