What works for me is working out when it’s useful to use that anger.
ALAN ALDAThey wont all lie to you but a lot of them will. And itll be the easiest lie they ever had to tell to get your votes.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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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’ve played a murderer, so certainly I think I can play a Republican.
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Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won’t do what you’ve done before.
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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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I was a child, and my mother was psychotic. She loved me, but I didn’t really feel I had a mother. And when you live with somebody who is paranoid and thinks you’re trying to kill them all the time, you tend to feel a little betrayed.
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I really don’t like plays or movies that service propaganda.
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Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school.
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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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Everyone opens up to one another right away. That’s a terrific thing. I love that about actors. They know how personal this job is.
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Don’t ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don’t doubt yourself.
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But often it’s a mechanical transformation, which isn’t as interesting, and you’ve got to be careful how you go about something like that, I think.
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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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For me, I find that even though I’ve accomplished a few things in my life, looking back on accomplishments doesn’t give me a sense of satisfaction.
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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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A taste; a painful longing. but the net is always too porous, and we are left with the sweet frustration of almost knowing, which is teasingly pleasurable.
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