5 Quotes & Sayings By Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin is an Oscar-, Emmy- and Tony Award-winning actor, comedian, author, filmmaker, singer/songwriter and musician. He is known for his roles in "Taxi" (1978), "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006) and the CBS television series "The Big Bang Theory". He also appeared in the films "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" (2002; with Keanu Reeves), "Argo" (2012; with George Clooney), "The Ice Storm" (1997; with Jennifer Connelly), "Little Miss Sunshine" (2006; with Thomas Haden Church) and "Saving Mr. Banks" (2013; with Emma Thompson).

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It's - everybody's looking at the bottom line all the time, and failure doesn't look good on the bottom line, and yet you don't learn anything without failing. Alan Arkin
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'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. Alan Arkin
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No matter how much time you spend reading books or following your intuition, you're gonna screw it up. Fifty times. You can't do parenting right. Alan Arkin
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That's the privilege of old age: You don't have to remember. Alan Arkin