I’ve never tried to manipulate my image.
ALAN ALDAHere’s my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they’re fair with you.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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If I don’t win, I’ll just wait until I’m nominated for being in the theater during the show. Do they have one like that?
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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.
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I’m not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn’t interest me.
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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.
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Everybody’s on their toes and focused on what we’re about to do, and then there’s this moment where you relax because you see that everybody is there to do the best that they can.
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I found I wasn’t asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
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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.
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A really great actor, in a lucky performance, can transform himself or herself. I’ve seen actors do that.
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I was brought up as a Catholic, and I’m no longer a Catholic.
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Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
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Kids are natural scientists.
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Remarkably, according to what they told me, nearly every inmate in the prison didn’t do it.
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They wont all lie to you but a lot of them will. And itll be the easiest lie they ever had to tell to get your votes.
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In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for ‘Scientific American Frontiers.’
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When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn’t leave until they’re 20.
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