Alan Arkin
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"Alan Wolf Arkin" is an American actor, director, comedian, musician and singer. He is known for starring in such films as Wait Until Dark (film)/Wait Until Dark, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (film)/The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Catch-22 (film)/Catch-22, The In-Laws (1979 film)/The In-Laws, Edward Scissorhands, Glengarry Glen Ross (film)/Glengarry Glen Ross, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, Little Miss Sunshine, and Argo (2012 film)/Argo. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performances in The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (film)/The Heart is a Lonely Hunter and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Little Miss Sunshine and Argo (2012 film)/Argo, winning the award in 2007 for the former. He is the father of actors Adam Arkin, Anthony Arkin, and Matthew Arkin.

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Every one of them shows a different picture of misery.

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

I used to watch the world as if it was a performance and I would realize that certain things that people did moved me, and certain things didn't move me, and I tried to analyze, even at that age, six and seven and eight, why I was moved by certain things they did.