It’s nice to have more time to work on the character, and to have big scenes to play. But if there’s something playable there, and if it’s interesting to do, then that’s nice.
ALAN ALDALaugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don’t leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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Here’s my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they’re fair with you.
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I was always interested in figuring things out. I’d do experiments, like combining things I found around the house to see what would happen if I put them together.
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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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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.
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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’ve been lucky enough to live through all the things that are supposed to give meaning to our lives, like parenting, grandparenting, art, celebrity.
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If you don’t listen deeply, the connection won’t take place.
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Our lives depend on good communication. Good communication helps personal relationships, it helps bosses and employees get along better. We rely on it.
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Don’t ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don’t doubt yourself.
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It’s not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It’s a picture of somebody trying to figure things out.
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As I am becoming older, the only thing that speeds up is time.
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Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
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Loneliness is everything it’s cracked up to be.
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Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself.
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Really top-notch directors, I’ve often worked with them just to see how they work.
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