There’s plenty of money to be had. But you also lose your soul.
ALAN ALDA
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.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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There’s plenty of money to be had. But you also lose your soul.
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What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing.
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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.
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The other one, and probably an equal pleasure, is finding out how I can be helpful and then really being helpful.
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And I think belief is one of those things that comes to people in their own way. And just because I believe in something doesn’t mean I think that you should.
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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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If I don’t win, I’ll just wait until I’m nominated for being in the theater during the show. Do they have one like that?
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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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Really top-notch directors, I’ve often worked with them just to see how they work.
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If you don’t listen deeply, the connection won’t take place.
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Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
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But if you consider how abnormal their behavior is, then you are led to the hypothesis that almost all men are suffering from ‘testosterone poisoning.’
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I was brought up as a Catholic, and I’m no longer a Catholic.
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