Adam Arkin quote: "It's a lot of work and I also feel like I've done it. I miss comedy. And I also think that, from purely a logistical standpoint, that the day-to-day schedule on a comedy allows you to have a life, much more of a life, than on a drama."

I want to continue doing as big a variety of things as I can do, and if that means I have the honor ...
ADAM ARKIN

I think that's created a healthy environment. The comparisons to "ER" were maddening and there was t...
ADAM ARKIN

I think that was the case here. We just wanted it to be good for everybody.
ADAM ARKIN

I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fears u...
ADAM ARKIN

I really would have been stupid not to have done it. It was also a film that was actually happening,...
ADAM ARKIN

I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble.
ADAM ARKIN

I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up.
ADAM ARKIN

First and foremost, it was fun. Everybody involved with it made you feel like they were an important...
ADAM ARKIN

"ER" is clearly a phenomenon that really takes place once in a decade, if you're lucky. It was clear...
ADAM ARKIN

Because, you know what your hours are going to be and they also have periods of time off within the ...
ADAM ARKIN

The place was crawling with youngsters. It was good, because the kids were good. I can't make a ...
ADAM ARKIN

It's the same thing that drives people to want to experience sexual pleasure or have one too man...
ADAM ARKIN

I think in the case of horror, it's a chance to confront a lot of your worse fears and those fea...
ADAM ARKIN

I can't imagine that I would have been cast in the role, without Jamie Lee giving me a thumbs up...
ADAM ARKIN

I think that's created a healthy environment. The comparisons to 'ER' were maddening and...
ADAM ARKIN

To confront those fears, in a controlled environment, where there's 300 people around you going ...
ADAM ARKIN

Every one of them shows a different picture of misery.
ALAN ARKIN

I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that pe...
ALAN ARKIN

I think a very bad time for the arts. I think we're in a tough time in our culture.
ALAN ARKIN

I know that if I can't move people, then I have no business being an actor.
ALAN ARKIN

I wanted to make it in New York. I thought if I went out to the Midwest, I'd be burying myself. ...
ALAN ARKIN

I love working if it's with people who are capable of having a good time. People with a little b...
ALAN ARKIN

I don't sense that I am someone's hero, though I'm happy when people like my work. I'...
ALAN ARKIN

You have to think of your career the way you look at the ocean, deciding which wave you're gonna...
ALAN ARKIN

I love insane, stupid comedy, but I can only make it work if it's a character I can give some hi...
ALAN ARKIN

I wrote my epitaph: He started out a particle and ended up a wave.
ALAN ARKIN

What I look for these days is that I don't have long speeches, the characters gets to sit down a...
ALAN ARKIN

But one of the things I learned from improvising is that all of life is an improvisation, whether yo...
ALAN ARKIN

I've always been an improviser. I was one before I knew even what the word was... And acting, th...
ALAN ARKIN

I would like to have a movie under my own control sometime, and see what could be done with it. Who ...
ALAN ARKIN

Education does not mean jamming information into somebody's head. Rather, it's that ancient ...
ALAN ARKIN

I don't live in L.A. on purpose because I don't wanna be immersed in that. I have to have a ...
ALAN ARKIN

People think that the people in Hollywood have some master plan. They just make the movies that peop...
ALAN ARKIN

I don't believe there's anything in life you can't go back and fix. The ancient Vedas - ...
ALAN ARKIN

My father was a painter. There was a lot of singing. We hung around with a lot of folk musicians. My...
ALAN ARKIN

I had a hard time treating my field as if it's horse racing, putting actors in competition again...
ALAN ARKIN

I think everybody is very much on board, their time is committed and everyone's got their pencil out...
ROBERT ARKIN

This is Bill's last year (before retiring). He doesn't have to do this, but he recognizes we are not...
ROBERT ARKIN

Overachievers have a tremendous feeling of self-doubt about their abilities coupled with a strong ne...
ROBERT ARKIN

Andy, I think, just coming on board is starting to get his arms around the district finances and is ...
ROBERT ARKIN

This board takes the matter very, very seriously. We wanted to talk through the issues and deal with...
ROBERT ARKIN

I don't see eye to eye with her decision, but she's a judge. The game isn't over.
STANLEY ARKIN

We are happy this is all behind us. All throughout these negotiations, which resulted in a civil set...
STANLEY ARKIN

Often times, criminal complaints are a signal of some kind of deal in the offing.
STANLEY ARKIN

This is something where lawyers were all over it.
STANLEY ARKIN

A product is most easily sold when it has an identity. So they wrap you all up and put a label on yo...
ALAN ARKIN

If you're playing a negative character, sooner or later it rubs off on you. Some people don'...
ALAN ARKIN

For everybody, the tide comes in, the tide goes out - if you're an actor, particularly.
ALAN ARKIN

I don't know what I'm proudest of. The fact that my kids still talk to me.
ALAN ARKIN

TV has taken reflection out of the human condition. People didn't use to have a ready answer for...
ALAN ARKIN

I'm an actor. My life as an actor depends on who sends me what. I'm just taking the best stu...
ALAN ARKIN

I'd have to say that my favorite kind of film is serious comedy. Comedy with serious underpinnin...
ALAN ARKIN

Something I miss terribly from the '60s - the most important phrase in the English language was,...
ALAN ARKIN

No matter what you do or where you are, you're going to be missing out on something.
ALAN ARKIN

That's the privilege of old age: You don't have to remember.
ALAN ARKIN

My favorite thing about making movies is that it's the only area of human life that I've eve...
ALAN ARKIN

I love doing kids' shows, and I love working with kids. I've done a lot of it. A lot of peop...
ALAN ARKIN

I never had a better role than I had in 'Little Miss Sunshine.' That was one of my favorite ...
ALAN ARKIN

It's - everybody's looking at the bottom line all the time, and failure doesn't look goo...
ALAN ARKIN

NI love watching science fiction because I feel like when it's done well, it's not just mons...
ALAN ARKIN

I don't know why we have to put things in boxes of superlatives. That isolates them. Life is flu...
ALAN ARKIN

I'm very old. I haven't got time to be charming.
ALAN ARKIN

Love is somthing that can not be explained - the force that drives us to protect the ones we care ...
ADAM

Good people eat all their veggies and all the fruits, but they still have good grades. I call this, ...
ADAM

Sometimes the world seems like a big hole. You spend all your life shouting down it and all you hear...
ADAM DURITZ

Holiday binge-buying has deep roots in American culture: department stores have been associating tur...
ADAM DAVIDSON

I auditioned in Chicago for Juilliard and didn't get in. I was basically living in a back room o...
ADAM DRIVER

When I was getting started, I was so busy just fighting my way through, and I was under contract at ...
ADAM WEST

There is a very thin line between confidence and arrogance.
ADAM PEATY

When you wear a mask and create a character, nothing will pigeonhole you faster.
ADAM WEST

You may love football, but that doesn't mean you have any business trying to play the sport. It&...
ADAM GREEN

I can't be a hypocrite as a coach because as a player that's what I wanted. I wanted feedbac...
ADAM OATES

Once people take ownership over the decision to receive feedback, they're less defensive about i...
ADAM GRANT

So many people witness atrocities and can't take their eyes away from them, but that doesn't...
ADAM LEVINE

Stevie Wonder is just one of those guys that completely delivers everything that you want to be true...
ADAM LEVINE

You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
ADAM MCKAY

I don't want to be an actor, but why not take these opportunities when they come to you? I'm...
ADAM LEVINE

The main difference between the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution was that the former was most...
ADAM MICHNIK

I've been kind of toying around with the bi thing in my head. I wouldn't ever give myself th...
ADAM LAMBERT

I was kind of the black sheep with the Disney kids. I was uninterested in making friends with most o...
ADAM LAMBERG

I like sitting and writing with my buddies.
ADAM SANDLER

My movies just kind of sneak up on you. I don't have to worry too much about what everybody is g...
ADAM SANDLER

How many actors have a shot at being a part of something that became a part of pop culture? It's...
ADAM WEST

Bush already gave obscene tax breaks to people like me and Warren Buffet, and we are saying it's...
ADAM MCKAY

It is unlikely that we will hit a home run anytime soon but if we are unable to get rid of offensive...
ADAM DODEK

That's the most amazing thing about writing, whether it's in prose or comics: that you can c...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER

Historically, diversity has been a real issue for superhero comics - so we need to do something abou...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER

To be honest, writing comics is a dream come true - the form is unparalleled and is home to some of ...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER

Our house has a library - it seemed better use of the space than as a dining room! - and I try to sp...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER

'The Burning Dark' needs a certain kind of soundtrack - something dark and moody, electronic...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER

My own writing has perhaps more of an American flavor than a British one, but that's because the...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER

The appeal of the Golden Age heroes for me is their simplicity, even their naivety - they represent ...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER

I'm an internet junkie. There, I said it. That's the first step, right? I also have a thing ...
ADAM CHRISTOPHER

I have feelings that are to the right, and I have feelings that land on the left side of the aisle. ...
ADAM CAROLLA

I want to work for myself, and I do work for myself. I make plenty of money working for myself.
ADAM CAROLLA

All's the government should do is keep the taxes and regulations at a manageable rate, keep a de...
ADAM CAROLLA

I get depressed at airports.
ADAM CAROLLA

Of course on air I use occasional hyperbole to tell a story.
ADAM CAROLLA

There are certain things women are better at than men.
ADAM CAROLLA

I mean, we sit around and we go, you know, 'Torture doesn't work.' Well, it's been a...
ADAM CAROLLA

If women built the bridges or were meant to build the bridges, then they would have done it.
ADAM CAROLLA

When you're doing a radio show, you can express yourself.
ADAM CAROLLA

I don't think healthcare's a right. The only right you have is the ability to go out on an e...
ADAM CAROLLA

Well, guys are better at mechanical stuff and women are better at emotional stuff.
ADAM CAROLLA

Whoever is for higher taxes, feel free to pay higher taxes.
ADAM CAROLLA

I'm not sexist, I'm just a realist.
ADAM CAROLLA

The reason why you know more funny dudes than funny chicks is that dudes are funnier than chicks. If...
ADAM CAROLLA

You don't realize how much you use your credit card not even to buy things. It's a card you ...
ADAM CAROLLA

If you've driven over to the gay section of Los Angeles, it's like a golf course... Real est...
ADAM CAROLLA

When you have kids, you instantly feel that you do not want to do them wrong. Those dads that go off...
ADAM CAROLLA

I cook a little bit. I make a Hungarian dish called chicken paprikash that's out of this world. ...
ADAM CAROLLA

If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,' ...
ADAM CAROLLA

My first film is coming out, and it's in 3D, and it's 'The Hobbit,' so it's a bi...
ADAM BROWN

As a first movie, 'The Hobbit' is not a bad place to start.
ADAM BROWN

It was just really odd to be in a room with Ian McKellen sharing cucumber sandwiches.
ADAM BROWN

You kind of forget he's Peter Jackson in a way because he's so normal; he's lovely. It&#...
ADAM BROWN

I consider The O.C. as my college. It was four years and I made friends who I'll have forever.
ADAM BRODY

Transitioning to being an unemployed film actor is different, but it's fun and I've been loo...
ADAM BRODY

I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.
ADAM BRODY

I have been in teen shows for years, so doing that stuff - kissing - is kind of commonplace and not ...
ADAM BRODY

I have a pretty lousy voice.
ADAM BRODY

It helps if you don't date other actors, but actresses are beautiful. How can you say no?
ADAM BRODY

I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Sm...
ADAM BRODY

I worry that I can come off smarmy. I wonder if I was listening to myself if I'd want to kick my...
ADAM BRODY

If I don't direct a movie at some point, I've failed personally.
ADAM BRODY

I like an interesting movie even if it's controversial or offensive, depending on your taste.
ADAM BRODY

There's no conversation more boring than talking about what it's really like to live in Newp...
ADAM BRODY

Well, I guess most people would only know me from The O.C. I did a few episodes of Gilmore Girls bef...
ADAM BRODY

My best jokes are so cheap. All I do is say things sarcastically.
ADAM BRODY

I like to always have humour in whatever I do.
ADAM BRODY

I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are...
ADAM BRODY

I am super-proud to have a sort of famous character in my background that if you're a certain ag...
ADAM BRODY

It's very important to me to love what I do. It was important to me to find a career that I trul...
ADAM BRODY

It's bad writing, however naturalistic it's written, that's where you have to do your be...
ADAM BRODY

Comic books aren't nerdy. You'd have to be an idiot to think computers are nerdy.
ADAM BRODY

I'm a fake intellectual.
ADAM BRODY

I want to work with intelligent people and look for scripts that I think are intelligent and surpris...
ADAM BRODY

I wish I came from a more pure place. I don't have something to say from the bottom of my soul. ...
ADAM BRODY

Any time you end a relationship, and everyone has ended plenty in their life, it's always a toug...
ADAM BRODY

Really, as long as I am working and have diversity, I am happy.
ADAM BRODY

I always believed in if you give your best, people will see it, and it moves to the next level. I go...
ADAM BEACH

When I initially started acting, all I wanted to do was to be in one movie. That's it. That was ...
ADAM BEACH

When I was growing up, my white friends would call me: 'Hey, Chief!' Even when I go to work ...
ADAM BEACH

I go to South Dakota for ceremonies when I have the time. And when you learn what the Indian peoples...
ADAM BEACH

I learned the mechanics of how to fly a plane, but I never lifted a plane off the ground.
ADAM BEACH

What's nice about 'Skinwalkers' is it's allowing an audience to see a different Indi...
ADAM BEACH

I never understood the realism of an imaginary circumstance. While I was doing 'Smoke Signals,&#...
ADAM BEACH

I feel I will always have that spirit bear with me, so I will always feel protected.
ADAM BEACH

As a kid, I was just led out in the morning to go spend my day with my friends and just run in the w...
ADAM BEACH

It's much easier to come back as a recurring character. Because you already know his traits and ...
ADAM BEACH

I think with 'Skinwalkers,' the success of it spoke for itself. Meaning a lot of people want...
ADAM BEACH

Once you lose your parents, you get this numbness, this feeling of having to really be able to conne...
ADAM BEACH

I was in high school. A couple of my friends and I decided we had to be in a class together where we...
ADAM BEACH

Movies have been my way to get out of my backyard. I'm trying to let people know that movies cha...
ADAM BEACH

Acting has made me embrace my childhood. It's become some weird form of therapy. It's like I...
ADAM BEACH

I've learned that for Indian people, the opportunity for us to succeed is very slim. So acting w...
ADAM BEACH

When I was sixteen I started acting, and I also started to embrace my tradition and culture. I had a...
ADAM BEACH

Some people look for a certain structure in their lives that they're comfortable with. People wh...
ADAM BEACH

With 'Smoke Signals,' the character was so much like me growing up. I lost my parents, and I...
ADAM BEACH

You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
ADAM BEACH

I do a lot of inspirational talks for kids, to motivate them to change their lives and give them hop...
ADAM BEACH

I remember, as a kid, I'd follow the rooster and the chickens and watch what type of grass they&...
ADAM BEACH

I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own.
ADAM BALDWIN

I'm no Leonardo DiCaprio.
ADAM BALDWIN

The guys I grew up with, my cinematic heroes, have always been men of few words, but of action. Clin...
ADAM BALDWIN

I'm not much of a jokester.
ADAM BALDWIN

You get a sense of how the show works and then let your personality take over.
ADAM BALDWIN

My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.
ADAM BALDWIN

I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall.
ADAM BALDWIN

I think work begets work.
ADAM BALDWIN

What I try to do is to appreciate every job I have while I'm working on it.
ADAM BALDWIN

The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines....
ADAM BALDWIN

I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.
ADAM BALDWIN

A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are e...
ADAM BALDWIN

I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch ...
ADAM BALDWIN

I'm like a fungus; you can't get rid of me.
ADAM BALDWIN

It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A...
ADAM BALDWIN

I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the ...
ADAM BALDWIN

Stillness as a technique is still really captivating to me.
ADAM BALDWIN

Bad things happen sometimes.
ADAM ANT

I feel very grateful to be alive and well enough to make music.
ADAM ANT

Creative people are more prone to depression.
ADAM ANT

Antidepressants are very good, but it's a clinical cosh, really. Sometimes you have to be knocke...
ADAM ANT

I have suffered from depression for most of my life. It is an illness.
ADAM ANT

My daughter, Lily Caitlin, means the most to me in the world.
ADAM ANT

I'm a punk rocker. I don't do Christian.
ADAM ANT

I like being infamous. I think it is safe being a cult.
ADAM ANT

I have loved eight women in my life. I remember every woman's face.
ADAM ANT

Men look like pandas when they try and put make-up on.
ADAM ANT

I think what's going on with gorillas is pretty bad. The fact is that you can buy gorilla meat i...
ADAM ANT

It may be a coincidence, but from the minute I took anti-depressants, I didn't pick up a guitar ...
ADAM ANT

The brain isn't like the heart. They learned how to transplant a heart. The brain is more comple...
ADAM ANT

My daughter's the greatest thing that's happened to me in my life and she turned me into a m...
ADAM ANT

I wanted to make good records. But my problem is I've got a low boredom threshold, so I wanted i...
ADAM ANT

If you make a mistake, you should enjoy it.
ADAM ANT

To me, style is consistency.
ADAM ANT

I just think, certainly for live music it should look as good as it sounds.
ADAM ANT

Since the decline of record companies and music sales, I've always played live.
ADAM ANT

Depression is something that doesn't just go away. It's just... there and you deal with it. ...
ADAM ANT

I'm blind without my glasses.
ADAM ANT

It's a lot of work and I also feel like I've done it. I miss comedy. And I also think that, from purely a logistical standpoint, that the day-to-day schedule on a comedy allows you to have a life, much more of a life, than on a drama.

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Adam Arkin

It's a lot of work and I also feel like I've done it. I miss comedy. And I also think that, from purely a logistical standpoint, that the day-to-day schedule on a comedy allows you to have a life, much more of a life, than on a drama.

Adam Arkin

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