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.
ALAN ALDAIt isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It’s only necessary to be rich.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it, to surf into change.
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In the midst of the sense of tragedy or loss, sometimes laughter is not only healing, it’s a way of experiencing the person that you’ve lost again.
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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.
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Musicals are hard for me because I got thrown out of the glee club in high school, because I couldn’t sing in tune at the time.
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When I’m willing to let them change me, something happens between us that’s more interesting than a pair of dueling monologues.
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Working on The West Wing was similar in many ways to my experience on M*A*S*H, because you had people willing to work late at night to get it just right.
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I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don’t agree with what they teach, you get clobbered over the head until you do. All that does is change the shape of the head.
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I’m in the real world, some people try to steal from me, and I stop them, frequently, take them to court. I love a good lawsuit. It’s fun.
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I’m not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn’t interest me.
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I found I wasn’t asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
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During the first day, curious at having outsiders among them, a long stream of inmates came over and talked with me.
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There’s plenty of money to be had. But you also lose your soul.
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Almost everybody that’s well-known gets tagged with a nickname.
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Really top-notch directors, I’ve often worked with them just to see how they work.
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Don’t be upset that it takes a long, long time to find wisdom because nobody knows where wisdom can be found.
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