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Alan (on Abigail Breslin's Oscar nomination for "Little Miss Sunshine"): I hope she loses frankly. No, I'm serious. I am not joking. What, next year she is going to get the Nobel Prize? It's enough. She has had enough attention. I love her and I love her family; and I feel enough is enough. She is a kid; she needs to have a childhood.
Alan: There was music in our house all the time. My mother played the piano and my uncle was a pretty well-known composer. There were people... (more Alan Arkin quotes)
Alan got his first paycheck for acting at the age of 14.
Alan's maternal grandfather came from Odessa.
Alan directed the Off-Broadway revival of Jules Feiffer's play Little Murders in 1969, and he also directed the feature film version in 1971.
Alan's Broadway debut was in the 1961 play Second from the City.
Alan began taking acting lessons at the age of just 10.... (more Alan Arkin trivia)