I don’t talk about my beliefs too much in public probably because I feel very strongly that it’s something personal – more than personal, it’s private.
ALAN ALDARepublicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone – they just don’t do it.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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I try to find out what there is in the character that in a way, you can’t put into words. If I could put it into words, then it wouldn’t be a performance. And if I do put it into words, as I play it, I start to get boxed in by those words.
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[You have to be] willing to be changed by the person you’re listening to, where you’re not just waiting for a pause so you can say your thing, but you’re actually letting them have an effect on you if they can.
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It isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It’s only necessary to be rich.
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I really don’t like plays or movies that service propaganda.
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Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe – you can’t take a taxi.
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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.
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As I am becoming older, the only thing that speeds up is time.
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I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.
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The other one, and probably an equal pleasure, is finding out how I can be helpful and then really being helpful.
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What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.
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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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What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing.
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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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When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn’t leave until they’re 20.
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As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what’s personal to you. You have to be personal about your work; otherwise, it doesn’t ring true.
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