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.
Quotes to Explore
-
As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one.
-
There are millions of Americans outside Washington who are tired of stale political arguments and are moving this country forward. They believe, and I believe, that here in America, our success should depend not on accident of birth, but the strength of our work ethic and the scope of our dreams.
-
Listen, I must be 110 by now. Granny is going to kick the bucket at some point.
-
If I miss coaching that much, I could go to some little school where they didn't recruit, where all the kids wanted to go. I believe I could find somewhere to coach.
-
With technology now, you can go in and sing a song, and for $100,000, you will sound flawless.
-
I'm just glad Open tennis is here. It's great for the game. That's more important.
-
Criticism is valuable... and self-congratulatory experiences are not.
-
I dug the idea that I was being perceived as the black sheep of my family, but for me, it was like, I was a rebel, and that to me was most important.
-
I have to be where the best work can be done.
-
I am truly multi-racial. I never knew my biological father. I've always had less information than I would have liked to have had. All I know from my mother is that I have connections to many different cultures.
-
I am an introvert. I should get that out there now.
-
Analysis of soil, grave goods and skeletons has been key to our understanding of archaeology and the migration of peoples, as well as their daily lives. But in mainstream history, we tend to stick to documents.
-
The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.
-
Chemicals are really simple. You mix a couple things together and sell it for more than the materials cost.
-
An abused childhood affects the entire life... It affects every facet of the life.
-
You need to experience life to be able to write about friendships, relationships, and heartbreak.
-
Most jokes state a bitter truth.
-
No man is really interested in getting what he craves. He is really interested in being at peace with himself, but dosen't know how.
-
We have paid the police for information in the past.
-
Yesterday, I did some painting then went out to buy an onion and came home and watched 'University Challenge.' The onion was probably the highlight.
-
If you want to do something, then you do it. If you don't want to do something, don't just do it because your friends are doing it, or because all the popular kids are doing it.
-
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.
