A really great actor, in a lucky performance, can transform himself or herself. I’ve seen actors do that.
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.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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I really don’t like plays or movies that service propaganda.
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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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Everybody’s on their toes and focused on what we’re about to do, and then there’s this moment where you relax because you see that everybody is there to do the best that they can.
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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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My mother didn’t try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that.
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It’s always better to be wise than to be smart.
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I was brought up as a Catholic, and I’m no longer a Catholic.
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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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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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Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won’t do what you’ve done before.
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You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.
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Be brave enough to live creatively.
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I 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.
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Whenever you wonder about yourself, look up at the stars swirling around in the heavens and just realize how tiny and puny they are.
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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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