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 ALDAI 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 ALDAI’ve played a murderer, so certainly I think I can play a Republican.
ALAN ALDAWhen people are laughing, they’re generally not killing one another.
ALAN ALDAWhen your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn’t leave until they’re 20.
ALAN ALDARemarkably, according to what they told me, nearly every inmate in the prison didn’t do it.
ALAN ALDAIt’s really clear to me that you can’t hang onto something longer than its time. Ideas lose certain freshness, ideas have a shelf life, and sometimes they have to be replaced by other ideas.
ALAN ALDAHow can I ever hope to communicate something to you unless I get signals back from you that I’m on the right track or that I’ve started at some place that you’re familiar with?
ALAN ALDAI can sing in tune now, but I have to work really hard on it to make sure that I don’t exercise one of my great talents, which is the ability to sing in three keys at the same time.
ALAN ALDAAll these things you expect meaning to come from, and sometimes it comes when you’re not expecting it.
ALAN ALDAIf I can’t get the girl, at least give me more money.
ALAN ALDAI’m very interested in the improvisation because one of the things I do is to help train scientists to communicate in a better way and more personal way when they’re making a presentation, and I use improvisation to do that.
ALAN ALDAI really don’t like plays or movies that service propaganda.
ALAN ALDAListening is being able to be changed by the other person.
ALAN ALDAWar is war and Hell is hell, and if you ask me, War is a lot worse.
ALAN ALDAPeople who laugh together generally don’t kill each other.
ALAN ALDAIt’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.
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