Don’t ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don’t doubt yourself.
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.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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It’s not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It’s a picture of somebody trying to figure things out.
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Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries
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I’m in the real world, some people try to steal from me, and I stop them, frequently, take them to court. I love a good lawsuit. It’s fun.
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I really don’t like plays or movies that service propaganda.
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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’m most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old.
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What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.
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I wouldn’t live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.
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When I’m writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer.
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Remarkably, according to what they told me, nearly every inmate in the prison didn’t do it.
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When does she do all this thinking? We’re together all the time but she thinks deeply about things and with feeling and she can remember the facts. We’ve been married 48 years.
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Our lives depend on good communication. Good communication helps personal relationships, it helps bosses and employees get along better. We rely on it.
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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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There’s plenty of money to be had. But you also lose your soul.
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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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