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Alan Alda quotes: I fix my grandchildren's computers. I fix my grandchildren's computers.
Alan Alda quotes: My background is on the stage, so when I'd write movies, they'd be a lot like plays. My background is on the stage, so when I'd write movies, they'd be a lot like plays.
Alan Alda quotes: When I got recognized as a writer, when I got the Emmy, I was more excited than the Emmys I had gotten as an actor. When I got recognized as a writer, when I got the Emmy, I was more excited than the Emmys I had gotten as an actor.
Alan Alda quotes: 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. 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 quotes: If a rattlesnake thinks he can swallow a mouse, he probably can. Don't assume you think like a snake unless you are one. If a rattlesnake thinks he can swallow a mouse, he probably can. Don't assume you think like a snake unless you are one.
Alan Alda quotes: You can watch actors create their illusions, but if you don't see where they get the pigeons from, you don't really know how they're doing it. You can watch actors create their illusions, but if you don't see where they get the pigeons from, you don't really know how they're doing it.
Alan Alda quotes: No matter how big the audience is going to be. I'm interested in doing things that are fun. No matter how big the audience is going to be. I'm interested in doing things that are fun.
Alan Alda quotes: Anesthetized by youth, I missed it. Anesthetized by youth, I missed it.
Alan Alda quotes: M*A*S*H' was a collection of people, in front of and behind the cameras, that really clicked. M*A*S*H' was a collection of people, in front of and behind the cameras, that really clicked.
Alan Alda quotes: I was what came to mind when there was blood on the floor. I was what came to mind when there was blood on the floor.
Alan Alda quotes: Life itself was an improvisation in which I was going to have to deal with what came to me and not think about what should have come. Life itself was an improvisation in which I was going to have to deal with what came to me and not think about what should have come.
Alan Alda quotes: Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been. Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.
Alan Alda quotes: I think I look better in a suit than a loincloth. So that may define some of the parts I play. I think I look better in a suit than a loincloth. So that may define some of the parts I play.
Alan Alda quotes: It's a funny feeling to work with people who you consider your colleagues and to realize that they actually are young enough to be your children. It's a funny feeling to work with people who you consider your colleagues and to realize that they actually are young enough to be your children.
Alan Alda quotes: It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that. It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.
Alan Alda quotes: Almost everybody that's well-known gets tagged with a nickname. Almost everybody that's well-known gets tagged with a nickname.
Alan Alda quotes: Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are. Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.
Alan Alda quotes: Backstage life is terrific training for an actor, seeing shows from the wings. Backstage life is terrific training for an actor, seeing shows from the wings.
Alan Alda quotes: I always loved Sid Caesar and all the people on his program. I always loved Sid Caesar and all the people on his program.
Alan Alda quotes: I wouldn't live in California. All that sun makes you sterile. I wouldn't live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.
Alan Alda quotes: As I am becoming older, the only thing that speeds up is time. As I am becoming older, the only thing that speeds up is time.
Alan Alda quotes: I've played a murderer, so certainly I think I can play a Republican. I've played a murderer, so certainly I think I can play a Republican.
Alan Alda quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I really don't like plays or movies that service propaganda. I really don't like plays or movies that service propaganda.
Alan Alda quotes: I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old. I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old.
Alan Alda quotes: You know what my earliest memories are? Going from one burlesque town to another. My father was in burlesque. You know what my earliest memories are? Going from one burlesque town to another. My father was in burlesque.
Alan Alda quotes: Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi. Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.
Alan Alda quotes: I must have interviewed 600 or 700 scientists all around the world. I must have interviewed 600 or 700 scientists all around the world.
Alan Alda quotes: There's plenty of money to be had. But you also lose your soul. There's plenty of money to be had. But you also lose your soul.
Alan Alda quotes: Kids are natural scientists. Kids are natural scientists.
Alan Alda quotes: There is a wonderful feeling of power when you're a director, but I don't think I need that, and I'm OK without it. There is a wonderful feeling of power when you're a director, but I don't think I need that, and I'm OK without it.
Alan Alda quotes: Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work. Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work.
Alan Alda quotes: Listening is being able to be changed by the other person. Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
Alan Alda quotes: 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. 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 quotes: My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six. My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six.
Alan Alda quotes: Be brave enough to live creatively. Be brave enough to live creatively.
Alan Alda quotes: The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values. The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.
Alan Alda quotes: I love to watch how scientists' minds work. I love to watch how scientists' minds work.
Alan Alda quotes: It's very important for us to see that science is done by people, not just brains but whole human beings, and sometimes at great cost. It's very important for us to see that science is done by people, not just brains but whole human beings, and sometimes at great cost.
Alan Alda quotes: When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn't leave until they're 20. When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn't leave until they're 20.
Alan Alda quotes: War is war and Hell is hell, and if you ask me, War is a lot worse. War is war and Hell is hell, and if you ask me, War is a lot worse.
Alan Alda quotes: Any play is hard to write, and plays are getting harder and harder to get on the stage. Any play is hard to write, and plays are getting harder and harder to get on the stage.
Alan Alda quotes: When I was about ten years old, I gave my teacher an April Fool's sandwich, which had a dead goldfish in it. When I was about ten years old, I gave my teacher an April Fool's sandwich, which had a dead goldfish in it.
Alan Alda quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I hated high school. It was a prison. I hated high school. It was a prison.
Alan Alda quotes: Raquel Welch, whom I've met but never kissed, once called the brain an erogenous zone. Raquel Welch, whom I've met but never kissed, once called the brain an erogenous zone.
Alan Alda quotes: Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you. Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
Alan Alda quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I think when you're acting, you usually don't have to know too much beyond how to pronounce the words you're saying. I think when you're acting, you usually don't have to know too much beyond how to pronounce the words you're saying.
Alan Alda quotes: You can't be aware of everything. You'd fall down the stairs if you were aware of every intricate thing involved in going down stairs. You can't be aware of everything. You'd fall down the stairs if you were aware of every intricate thing involved in going down stairs.
Alan Alda quotes: I'm most at home on the stage. I'm most at home on the stage.
Alan Alda quotes: Aren't we lucky to be us? Aren't we lucky to be us?
Alan Alda quotes: When people are laughing, they're generally not killing one another. When people are laughing, they're generally not killing one another.
Alan Alda quotes: No, I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it. No, I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it.
Alan Alda quotes: I don't miss directing at all, and I don't miss screenwriting either because somebody's always telling you to do something different. I don't miss directing at all, and I don't miss screenwriting either because somebody's always telling you to do something different.
Alan Alda quotes: The meaning of life is life. The meaning of life is life.
Alan Alda quotes: I've never tried to manipulate my image. I've never tried to manipulate my image.
Alan Alda quotes: Blind dates are treacherous. You don't know who this person is. You wonder, 'Should I call my grandma during coffee to get out of this?' Blind dates are treacherous. You don't know who this person is. You wonder, 'Should I call my grandma during coffee to get out of this?'
Alan Alda quotes: Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries. Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries.
Alan Alda quotes: If I can't get the girl, at least give me more money. If I can't get the girl, at least give me more money.
Alan Alda quotes: I've had many uncanny experiences. I think it's hard to be alive and not have them. But I don't know if I can decide what that means or what they I've had many uncanny experiences. I think it's hard to be alive and not have them. But I don't know if I can decide what that means or what they are.
Alan Alda quotes: Insanity is just a state of mind. Insanity is just a state of mind.
Alan Alda quotes: In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for 'Scientific American Frontiers.' In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for 'Scientific American Frontiers.'
Alan Alda quotes: What heartens me is to see '30 Rock' on the air. It makes me laugh from my gut, which I really like to do. What heartens me is to see '30 Rock' on the air. It makes me laugh from my gut, which I really like to do.
Alan Alda quotes: Life is great-I wouldn't know what I'd do without it. Life is great-I wouldn't know what I'd do without it.
Alan Alda quotes: I come armed with a really good ignorance. I don't strive toward ignorance. I come by it naturally. I come armed with a really good ignorance. I don't strive toward ignorance. I come by it naturally.
Alan Alda quotes: 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. 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 quotes: It's better to be wise than to be smart. It's better to be wise than to be smart.
Alan Alda quotes: I made my first stage appearance when I was 6 months old. I made my first stage appearance when I was 6 months old.
Alan Alda quotes: The hardest thing for me about making movies, and that included 'M*A*S*H' because it was made like a movie, was starting and stopping. The hardest thing for me about making movies, and that included 'M*A*S*H' because it was made like a movie, was starting and stopping.
Alan Alda quotes: Republicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone - they just don't do it. Republicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone - they just don't do it.
Alan Alda quotes: For humans, flying isn't magic, it's physics. For humans, flying isn't magic, it's physics.
Alan Alda quotes: I have a strong preference for being alive. I have a strong preference for being alive.
Alan Alda quotes: What's funny is that you can think you really value your life until you almost lose it. What's funny is that you can think you really value your life until you almost lose it.
Alan Alda quotes: Loneliness is everything it's cracked up to be. Loneliness is everything it's cracked up to be.
Alan Alda quotes: I read science, because to me, that's extremely exciting. It's like a great detective story, and it's happening right in front of us. I read science, because to me, that's extremely exciting. It's like a great detective story, and it's happening right in front of us.
Alan Alda quotes: The President never intends to get into any kind of war situation. He gets carried away by events. The President never intends to get into any kind of war situation. He gets carried away by events.
Alan Alda quotes: Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart. Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
Alan Alda quotes: Usually, comedy shows only influence other comedy shows. 'M*A*S*H' is one of the few comedies that influenced dramatic shows as well. Usually, comedy shows only influence other comedy shows. 'M*A*S*H' is one of the few comedies that influenced dramatic shows as well.
Alan Alda quotes: All I've ever tried to do is play real people. All I've ever tried to do is play real people.
Alan Alda quotes: Awards shows mainly publicize the people giving the awards. Awards shows mainly publicize the people giving the awards.
Alan Alda quotes: Why would you give money to somebody whose work you don't understand? Why would you give money to somebody whose work you don't understand?
Alan Alda quotes: When I was in high school, I fell under the spell of that crazy idea that if you're interested in the arts, you can't be interested in science. When I was in high school, I fell under the spell of that crazy idea that if you're interested in the arts, you can't be interested in science.
Alan Alda quotes: Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you. Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you.
Alan Alda quotes: I love technology. I love technology.
Alan Alda quotes: I used to be an amateur inventor when I was a kid; I'm always inventing something. I used to be an amateur inventor when I was a kid; I'm always inventing something.
Alan Alda quotes: People who laugh together generally don't kill each other. People who laugh together generally don't kill each other.
Alan Alda quotes: Anyone I know who's almost died has come out of it, at least for a while, looking at things differently. Anyone I know who's almost died has come out of it, at least for a while, looking at things differently.
Alan Alda quotes: 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 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 quotes: It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich. It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.
Alan Alda quotes: Achingly funny as it was, Larry Gelbart's writing gave off sparks that turned a hard light on the way we are. Achingly funny as it was, Larry Gelbart's writing gave off sparks that turned a hard light on the way we are.

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