Alan Arkin Quotes

I'm an actor - I want to be known for that.

I have just wanted to be an actress. That's always been my goal. I didn't want to be famous.

I never thought about being an actor. I was just going to play music and baseball. That’s all I was going to do. To this day, that’s what I do. I just added movies to it.

I never not wanted to become an actress.

I've always had an itch for acting and a passion for acting, but never really got to dabble into it too much, and now I can say I'm officially an acrtress.

It's really hard to make a living as an actor. I'm grateful as I drive to work every morning.

I never, ever wanted to be an actor.

Being an actor is really odd. So, don't take that as your reality - take your family, take your friends, take your relationships - that's your reality. And hang on to them.

There's nothing wrong with being an actor, if that's what a man wants. But there's everything wrong with achieving an exalted status simply because one photographs well and is able to handle dialogue".

I just wanted to be an actor. It's better to be well-rounded.

When you're a drama student, I think the most you hope for is to make a living out of acting.

As an actor, it's always been good to be working at all.

I feel like I would have ultimately ended up pursuing acting. It probably would have been much more difficult and taken a lot longer for me to get into it professionally.

My intention of making acting a career was about being onstage.

What I really want to be is an actor.

I really want to try to become a great actress when I get older and continue to do what I'm doing now.

I just want to be a professional. I couldn't live without acting.

You'd be surprised how much being a good actor pays off.

Marilyn always dreamt of being an actress. She didn't, by the way, dream of being just a star. She dreamt of being an actress. And she had always lived somehow with that dream. And that is why, despite the fact that she became one of the most unusual and outstanding stars of all time, she herself was never satisfied. When she came to New York, she began to perceive the possibilities of really accomplishing her dream, of being an actress.

I think of being an actor as a blue-collar profession.

I was never an actress -- none of us kids at Metro were. We were just good to look at.

As an actor, I'm thankful I have lived not one life, but many.

I'd like to be a working actor. It sounds really trite, but there really are no small parts, only small actors. And so as long as I'm a working actor, I can improve.

I'm really loving acting. I want this as a career. I'll still write music and collaborate with people, but I'm focused on the acting path.

I'm interested in doing some acting in the future, but it's a distant second to stand up.