Latest Alan Alda Quotes from Interviews

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• The one hour live debate in the West Wing that we did was one of the most exciting times for me on stage or on camera, because anything could go wrong.

  Alan Alda

  Debate, Hours, Exciting

• Working on The West Wing was similar in many ways to my experience on M*A*S*H, because you had people willing to work late at night to get it just right.

  Alan Alda

  Night, People

  "The Definitive History Of The West Wing: Part 4. The Midterms". www.empireonline.com.

• There are two things that I get a lot of pleasure from in my life, and that is, doing what I know how to do well - that really makes me happy. The other one, and probably an equal pleasure, is finding out how I can be helpful and then really being helpful.

  Alan Alda

  Two, Helpful, Pleasure

  Interview with Claudia Gryvatz Copquin, www.saturdayeveningpost.com. May, 2013.

• Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won't do what you've done before.

  Alan Alda

  Done

  Interview with Claudia Gryvatz Copquin, www.saturdayeveningpost.com. May, 2013.

• I play tennis non-obsessively. I seem to beat people I play a lot or half the time, so I guess I gravitate to people who are as bad as I am.

  Alan Alda

  Play, People, Tennis

  Interview with Claudia Gryvatz Copquin, www.saturdayeveningpost.com. May, 2013.

• I'm in this wonderful position where I can do what interests me. And whatever comes along that interests me, I do. The rest of the time I bother scientists about communicating.

  Alan Alda

  Wonderful, Scientist, Interest

  Interview with Claudia Gryvatz Copquin, www.saturdayeveningpost.com. May, 2013.

• My relationship with science is as someone who's curious and hungry to know, hungry to understand. So all I have to offer is my ignorance and my curiosity, which is a good combination, as long as they come together.

  Alan Alda

  Ignorance, Long, Curiosity

  Interview with Claudia Gryvatz Copquin, www.saturdayeveningpost.com. May/June 2013.

• Our lives depend on good communication. Good communication helps personal relationships, it helps bosses and employees get along better. We rely on it.

  Alan Alda

  Communication, Boss, Helping

  Interview with Claudia Gryvatz Copquin, www.saturdayeveningpost.com. May/June 2013.

• How can I ever hope to communicate something to you unless I get signals back from you that I'm on the right track or that I've started at some place that you're familiar with?

  Alan Alda

  Track, Signals, Communicate

  "World Science Festival: Brian Greene and Alan Alda Bring Science to the Masses". Interview with Clare Richardson, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 02, 2011.

• I'm very interested in the improvisation because one of the things I do is to help train scientists to communicate in a better way and more personal way when they're making a presentation, and I use improvisation to do that.

  Alan Alda

  Way, Use, Helping

  "World Science Festival: Brian Greene and Alan Alda Bring Science to the Masses". Interview with Clare Richardson, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 06, 2011.