“All I can say is if the part doesn't delight me in some way, or I can'...” — Alan Arkin Quote

“All I can say is if the part doesn't delight me in some way, or I can't feel any compassion for it, I just can't do it.”

“I don't like improvising on camera, particularly, but very often, a scene will not be working, and you rehearse it once or twice, and you realize something's missing. So I'll play with it until it makes sense.”

“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.”

“We're a migrant nation made up of people who've been torn out of other worlds, and you'd think we would have some compassion.”

“People's lives and livelihoods are often in their hands, and it is critical that judges have integrity, honesty, compassion, and impartiality.”

“What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.”