Episode 17 - Alan Arkin

Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso

Higher Ground

Tv & Film, Film Interviews, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2016

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Alan Arkin has been acting in movies since the 1960s, delivering decades worth of great and memorable performances, including indelible turns in 'The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming', 'Glengarry Glen Ross', 'The In-Laws', and 'Little Miss Sunshine'. Arkin sat down with Sam for a conversation about his career, being called to the House Un-American Activities Committee, the problems with modern American filmmaking, and his fears of a Trump presidency, and his friendship with J.D. Salinger, who he now plays on 'BoJack Horseman'. Music for the show by Vanilla @vanilla. Original illustrations by Krishna Shenoi http://krishnabalashenoi.com/.

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0:00.0	Pushkin
0:09.0	Hey, this is Sam.
0:10.0	If you enjoy our interviews with writers and artists on Talk Easy, then I'd recommend checking
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0:55.0	Apple Podcast or wherever you like to listen. Oh, Hey everyone, welcome to Talk Easy. A weekly podcast of intimate interviews with the people shaping our culture today.
1:24.8	I'm Sam Fregoso. Thank you for tuning in.
1:27.0	Today on the show we have a true Hollywood legend and actor Alan Arkin.
1:31.2	Born in Brooklyn to David and Beatrice, a painter and teacher respectively, Arkin knew what
1:36.7	he wanted to do with his life at the age five.
1:39.8	Five, you know, the age where most of us are learning basic addition
1:43.4	Arkin was destined to be in front of the camera entertaining but before he could
1:47.8	work in holly would he honed his comedic skills at the pioneering second
1:51.7	city in Chicago.
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