Alan Alda Quotes - Page 4

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• Nothing important was ever accomplished without chutzpah. Columbus had chutzpah. The signers of the Declaration of Independence had chutzpah. Don't ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don't doubt yourself.

  Alan Alda

  Laughing, Doubt, Independence

  "Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself". Book by Alan Alda, abcnews.go.com. 2007.

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• What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing. When I'm writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer.

  Alan Alda

  Writing, Trying, Acting

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. August 24, 2007.

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• During the first day, curious at having outsiders among them, a long stream of inmates came over and talked with me. Remarkably, according to what they told me, nearly every inmate in the prison didn't do it. Several thousand people had been locked up unjustly and, by an incredible coincidence, all in the same prison. On the other hand, they knew an awful lot about how to knife somebody.

  Alan Alda

  Hands, Knives, Long

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• Loneliness is everything it's cracked up to be.

  Alan Alda

  Loneliness, Cracked

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• For humans, flying isn't magic, it's physics.

  Alan Alda

  Flying, Magic, Physics

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• War is war and Hell is hell, and if you ask me, War is a lot worse.

  Alan Alda

  War, Hell, Ask Me

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• There's plenty of money to be had. But you also lose your soul.

  Alan Alda

  Soul, Your Soul, Plenty

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• A really great actor, in a lucky performance, can transform himself or herself. I've seen actors do that. But often it's a mechanical transformation, which isn't as interesting, and you've got to be careful how you go about something like that, I think.

  Alan Alda

  Thinking, Interesting, Actors

  Interview with TashaR, www.avclub.com. August 24, 2007.

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• My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that.

  Alan Alda

  Mother, Father, Trying

  Alan Alda (2009). “Never Have Your Dog Stuffed”, p.3, Random House

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• I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old.

  Alan Alda

  Home, Six Months, Firsts

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• I wouldn't live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.

  Alan Alda

  California, Sun

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• Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.

  Alan Alda

  Encouragement, Awards, Giving

  "2005 Tony Awards Q&A: Alan Alda". Interview with Robert Diamond, www.broadwayworld.com. May 20, 2005.

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• I'm in the real world, some people try to steal from me, and I stop them, frequently, take them to court. I love a good lawsuit. It's fun.

  Alan Alda

  Fun, Real, People

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• And I think belief is one of those things that comes to people in their own way. And just because I believe in something doesn't mean I think that you should.

  Alan Alda

  Believe, Mean, Thinking

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• Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries

  Alan Alda

  Discovery, Serendipity

  "Alan Alda's Human Spark, Part 2". Interview with Steve Mirsky, www.scientificamerican.com. January 08, 2010.

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• For me, I find that even though I've accomplished a few things in my life, looking back on accomplishments doesn't give me a sense of satisfaction.

  Alan Alda

  Giving, Accomplishment, Satisfaction

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• I'm greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn't do it, that somehow I can deliver.

  Alan Alda

  Knowing, Satisfaction, Greedy

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• Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work.

  Alan Alda

  Directors, Notches, Top Notch

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. August 24, 2007.

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• You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school.

  Alan Alda

  Business, School, Want

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• I don't really worry about the size of the part much any more. It's nice to have more time to work on the character, and to have big scenes to play. But if there's something playable there, and if it's interesting to do, then that's nice.

  Alan Alda

  Nice, Character, Play

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, film.avclub.com. August 24, 2007.

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• In the midst of the sense of tragedy or loss, sometimes laughter is not only healing, it's a way of experiencing the person that you've lost again.

  Alan Alda

  Laughter, Healing, Loss

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• Jean Paul Sartre says in "No Exit" that hell is other people. Well, our task in life is to make it heaven. Or at least earth.

  Alan Alda

  People, Heaven, Tasks

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• Testosterone Poisoning: … Until now it has been thought that the level of testosterone in men is normal simply because they have it. But if you consider how abnormal their behavior is, then you are led to the hypothesis that almost all men are suffering from ‘testosterone poisoning.’

  Alan Alda

  Men, Suffering, Abnormal

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• I have a final word of advice to our students. If you work very, very hard, this is the kind of actor, writer and director you may turn out to be, and if you work extra hard, this is the kind of person you may turn out to be.

  Alan Alda

  Advice, Actors, May

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• We're highly social animals - I'm told by scientists that what makes us different from other animals is an acute social awareness, which is what has made us so successful.

  Alan Alda

  Successful, Animal, Different

  "In Love With Marie" by Alan Alda, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2011.

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