Alan Arkin Dead at 89

I knew it was fantastic, I knew the script was sensational and I thought all the actors were really cooking, it felt really good, you took a great chance and took guts and I'm proud. We were locked in the van for hours, uh, and it was 95 degrees with no air conditioning. Do you have any? You can tell me? Dwayne. Do you have any? Your character was so naughty. My character. Yes, yes, he is a bad man. Are you something like that? I am exactly like that. It was so funny. Foul-mouthed Arkins. Little Miss Sunshine's Grandpa earned rave reviews and earned her her third Oscar nomination.

Now you are trying well. We need you not to lose it. He is indescribable. How are you enjoying your Oscar moment again? I haven't had it yet, how do you think you're doing? Chances are one in five I'll call them how I see them darling Alan R Cannon Little Miss Sunshine what was going through my light was just holding it together so I wouldn't embarrass myself. I didn't expect it either. I really did it. I don't expect to be, but he moved me over eight decades. Arkin left his mark on the entertainment industry through film, television, theater and music.

Change is what life is about. If you don't change, you die. If you're not growing, you're dying. I think if there is any law in the universe, that's the thing. Things are going to change from comedies to dramas, cartoons and action movies. Arkhan's prolific career meant that he could appear anywhere I didn't really care. I really like the genre to keep doing different things as much as I care about the quality of the material comedy tragedy drama and humor humor was Arken's strong point his one-liners were his trademark it's a fake moon a fake movie is going to be a fake hit , how do I look like a hood ornament?

Can I give you a little advice? Can I stop you? And he was just as resourceful behind the scenes. How have things been? I think things have gone well. And you? I feel like that so far it's been great but I don't have a good feeling about tomorrow one of the things about aging I can't remember anything anymore and I'm proud of it Do you have a favorite day on set? I don't remember, oh my God, come on, Alan, help me talk, son, I'm an old man. Arkin was universally loved by his co-stars. Steve Carell and The Rock turned to Alan for advice before locking lips and becoming clever and unusual.

But what were the tips you gave for that kissing scene between the two of them without tongues? Are you thinking what I'm thinking? I don't know what you're thinking. The swordfish almost crossed my mind. Yes, that's the case. Yes, I like Working a lot with people. that I've worked with before is one of my favorite things in the world. It's one of the most crucial things we can do for an audience: show them that we're having a good time enjoying or enjoying ourselves. they applaud each other one of arkan's last critically acclaimed roles was in the method Kaminsky earned consecutive Emmy nominations playing Michael Douglas's best friend and agent it's so hard to like other people family ditto I don't know if there will be a third season , I just know I don't know anything right now, but you're on board to come back, maybe we'll see Orchid unexpectedly.

He left the show before the third season saying that the less work I have, the better my health will be. I can't deal with the stress anymore. I could drop everything if I had to. I don't feel like I'm getting carried away. I don't feel like my life depends on it. At one point my life totally depended on acting because I had no other existence than that, but I guess I came mainly through the philosophy that we believe in and to believe that you don't have to give up anything, you don't have to give up anything , but don't let anything escape. you run it, let's just savor the moment or worry that everything in the world has become so incredibly serious that there's no one to just stop to take a breath and just enjoy the fact that they're living and it's a blessing. be alive foreign