Alan Alda Quotes
Top 91 wise famous quotes and sayings by Alan Alda
Alan Alda Famous Quotes & Sayings
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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.
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.
If a rattlesnake thinks he can swallow a mouse, he probably can. Don't assume you think like a snake unless you are one.
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.
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.
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 too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.
Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.
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.
You know what my earliest memories are? Going from one burlesque town to another. My father was in burlesque.
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.
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.
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.
When I was about ten years old, I gave my teacher an April Fool's sandwich, which had a dead goldfish in it.
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.
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.
I think when you're acting, you usually don't have to know too much beyond how to pronounce the words you're saying.
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.
No, I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it.
I don't miss directing at all, and I don't miss screenwriting either because somebody's always telling you to do something different.
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?'
Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries.
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.
In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for 'Scientific American Frontiers.'
What heartens me is to see '30 Rock' on the air. It makes me laugh from my gut, which I really like to do.
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.
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.
Republicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone - they just don't do it.
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.
Usually, comedy shows only influence other comedy shows. 'M*A*S*H' is one of the few comedies that influenced dramatic shows as well.
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.
Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you.
Anyone I know who's almost died has come out of it, at least for a while, looking at things differently.