"That's what we're all doing, all the time, whether we know it or not. Whether we like it or not. Creating something on the spur of the moment with the materials at hand. We might just as well let the rest of it go, join the party, and dance our hearts out."

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Source : Alan Arkin (2011). “An Improvised Life: A Memoir”, p.191, Da Capo Press

Alan Arkin

#Party Quotes #Heart Quotes #Hands Quotes

“The mind which is most capable of receiving impressions is very often the least capable of drawing conclusions.”
“I'm more interested in knowing my cues than my lines. If you know what your cues are, then you know what your reaction is going to be to them. Acting is about reacting, and if I can kind of purely react, that's easier for me.”

Source : Interview with Will Harris, www.avclub.com. February 21, 2012.
“All the art of the past rises up before me, the art of all ages and all civilizations, everything becomes simultaneous, as if space had replaced time. Memories of works of art blend with affective memories, with my work, with my whole life.”
“Without loving-kindness for ourselves, it is difficult, if not impossible, to genuinely feel it for others.”
“I get up at 4:30 in the morning, seven days a week, no matter where I am in the world.”
“People have lots of misconceptions about me. My mum, who is half French and half Spanish, gets outraged when I'm called quintessentially English. I owe my looks to my mum-which was 90 percent of getting my first job. And, some people would argue, 90 percent of my entire career.”
“It's weird, but I don't feel like think I deserve any of the attention. There's really nothing but one audition for a Disney Channel movie that separates me from 2,000 other brown-haired, blue-eyed guys in L.A., you know?”
“I believe that God felt sorry for actors so he created Hollywood to give them a place in the sun and a swimming pool. The price they had to pay was to surrender their talent.”

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