A really great actor, in a lucky performance, can transform himself or herself. I’ve seen actors do that.
ALAN ALDABegin challenging your own assumptions.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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Republicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone – they just don’t do it.
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I’ve played a murderer, so certainly I think I can play a Republican.
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Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself.
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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.
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I’ll carry on, carry over, carry forward, Cary Grant, cash and carry, carry me back to Old Virginia, I’ll even ‘hari-kari’ if you show me how, but I will not carry a gun!
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Kids are natural scientists.
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Eventually, I found a radical way of thinking about listening. Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
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They’re supposed to be gigantic explosions and they’re just these insignificant little dots. If you step back from things far enough you realize how important and powerful you are.
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Be brave enough to live creatively.
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I found I wasn’t asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
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I wouldn’t live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.
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It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character wants. Otherwise it doesn’t look authentic. So I really want to defeat Jimmy – I mean Jimmy as the character.
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For a while in my teens, I was sure I had it. It was about getting to heaven. If heaven existed and lasted forever, then a mere lifetime spent scrupulously following orders was a small investment for an infinite payoff.
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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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Begin challenging your own assumptions.
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