“For many years my acting came from a place of surmounting some enormous obstacle, confronting some stern and faceless judge who would condemn me to a pit of hell if I didn't achieve the "zone," if even for a moment. Not a particularly happy place to work from.” IfsYearsMomentsActingHellAchieveJudgingObstaclesEnormousZonePitsConfrontingFacelessHappy Place Book:An Improvised Life: A Memoir Source: An Improvised Life: A Memoir
“You can begin to see an amalgamation of cultures, the real beginning of one world. Ten years ago, it would have been impossible to imagine a Cockney singing group with a Southern Negro style and Indian and electronic music. I wonder if people have even noticed what a tremendous cultural signal the Beatles are.” PeopleIfsWorldYearsHas BeensRealCultureWonderImagineImpossibleGroupsStyleTenSingingYears AgoIndianSouthernSignalsElectronic MusicCockneysAmalgamation Author:Alan Arkin
“'Catch-22' was a huge failure, and it rubbed off on everybody connected to it. I had a bunch of lean years where I had to do things, a lot of which I wasn't wildly enthusiastic about.” YearsHugeConnectedBunchEnthusiastic Author:Alan Arkin
