Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself.
ALAN ALDAPeople who laugh together generally don’t kill each other.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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War is war and Hell is hell, and if you ask me, War is a lot worse.
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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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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.
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Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while or the light won’t come in. If you challenge your own, you won’t be so quick to accept the unchallenged assumptions of others.
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You’ll be a lot less likely to be caught up in bias or prejudice or be influenced by people who ask you to hand over your brains, your soul or your money because they have everything all figured out for you.
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Life is great-I wouldn’t know what I’d do without it.
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Begin challenging your own assumptions.
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It tends to break out at unexpected times like a rare virus and mostly people with compassion and understanding are susceptible to it.
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I’ve been nominated twice before as actor in a leading part. Now I’m nominated as actor in a supporting part.
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Several thousand people had been locked up unjustly and, by an incredible coincidence, all in the same prison. On the other hand, they knew an awful lot about how to knife somebody.
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I really don’t like plays or movies that service propaganda.
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The one hour live debate in the West Wing that we did was one of the most exciting times for me on stage or on camera, because anything could go wrong.
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Loneliness is everything it’s cracked up to be.
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How 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?
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The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.
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