Alan Arkin
Alan Arkin
Alan Wolf Arkinis an American actor, director, comedian, musician and singer. With a film career spanning more than 55 years, Arkin is known for his performances in Popi, Wait Until Dark, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Catch-22, The In-Laws, Edward Scissorhands, Glengarry Glen Ross, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, Little Miss Sunshine, and Argo...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth26 March 1934
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I love doing kids' shows, and I love working with kids. I've done a lot of it. A lot of people don't like working with children, but I love it.
I never had a better role than I had in 'Little Miss Sunshine.' That was one of my favorite roles ever.
I was terrified of being on stage, and I had to work very hard at a craft to get past that.
I've always been an improviser. I was one before I knew even what the word was... And acting, that I've been doing since I was 5.
I was a stoopball fan. I played stoopball all the time.
I wrote my epitaph: He started out a particle and ended up a wave.
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.
I'm very old. I haven't got time to be charming.
It's not that there is a terrible morality in Hollywood. I think there isn't any. There isn't any, by and large.
The years I spent paying my dues are in the background, and so are my concerns about whether my performance is good or bad.
You hit a certain age, and you haven't died yet, and you become an elder statesman. I think I get a lot of applause because I'm not keeling over.
I want to feel like I'm doing something creative and trying different things, putting different hats on and playing. I don't know what's the point otherwise; otherwise, it's just a job. You punch a time clock.
I'm not sure if I've learned anything from show business. Life in general has taught me if you're kind to people, everything gets easier. Being a decent person really smoothes the way for you and everyone else.
There have been times when I've been broke, and a job came along, and I've said, 'Yeah! Let's do it!' But I will never do something without having a feeling of knowing how to play it. I've been in projects that I felt terrible about afterwards, but I've always had something that sparked me while I was doing it.