Daily Inspiration Quote by Adam Arkin

“First and foremost, it was fun” is a quietly radical opener in an industry that loves to romanticize suffering as proof of seriousness. Adam Arkin frames the experience not around prestige, craft minutiae, or struggle, but around ease and pleasure. That choice signals intent: he’s praising a production culture, not just a finished product. Fun becomes shorthand for psychological safety, momentum, and the kind of on-set chemistry you can’t manufacture with bigger trailers.

The second sentence does the real work. “Everybody involved” expands the spotlight beyond above-the-line talent; it’s a nod to crews, assistants, the people who usually absorb stress without getting credit. Arkin’s phrasing is careful: “made you feel like” admits the emotional texture of collaboration matters as much as the formal hierarchy. In a business where power is often exercised through exclusion - who’s in the room, who gets the note, who gets thanked - feeling “like they were an important contributor” is a corrective.

Then the clincher: “We were made to feel valued.” Passive voice, but purposeful. He’s not claiming everyone magically valued each other; he’s pointing to leadership and design. Someone set the tone. The subtext is a subtle rebuke to sets where respect is rationed and morale is treated as optional. Arkin is selling a model of creative work where validation is infrastructural, not accidental - and where “fun” is evidence that the machine is being run by humans, not just ego.