I have a final word of advice to our students. If you work very, very hard, this is the kind of actor, writer and director you may turn out to be, and if you work extra hard, this is the kind of person you may turn out to be.
ALAN ALDAThe other one, and probably an equal pleasure, is finding out how I can be helpful and then really being helpful.
More Alan Alda Quotes
-
-
Be brave enough to live creatively.
ALAN ALDA -
I dont see we can have a separation of church and state in this government if you have to pass a religious test to get in this government.
ALAN ALDA -
As I am becoming older, the only thing that speeds up is time.
ALAN ALDA -
I’ve sat looking down into a volcano that could blow at any moment; I’ve helped catch a shark and several rattlesnakes;
ALAN ALDA -
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.
ALAN ALDA -
During the first day, curious at having outsiders among them, a long stream of inmates came over and talked with me.
ALAN ALDA -
Almost everybody that’s well-known gets tagged with a nickname.
ALAN ALDA -
Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
ALAN ALDA -
Testosterone Poisoning: … Until now it has been thought that the level of testosterone in men is normal simply because they have it.
ALAN ALDA -
It’s always better to be wise than to be smart.
ALAN ALDA -
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.
ALAN ALDA -
This gets us back to that most pressing of human questions: why do people worry so much about other people’s holding beliefs other than their own?
ALAN ALDA -
Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
ALAN ALDA -
I’ve been nominated twice before as actor in a leading part. Now I’m nominated as actor in a supporting part.
ALAN ALDA -
You wouldn’t want to be called a sell-out by selling a product.
ALAN ALDA