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I’m in this wonderful position where I can do what interests me. And whatever comes along that interests me, I do. The rest of the time I bother scientists about communicating.

Alan Alda

I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don’t agree with what they teach, you get clobbered over the head until you do. All that does is change the shape of the head.
ALAN ALDA

Concussion Conversion Left Object Religious Use
Life is great-I wouldn’t know what I’d do without it.
ALAN ALDA

Great Know Life Without
It’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.
ALAN ALDA

Big Character Interset More Nice Play Playable Scene Time Work
I let a tarantula walk across my hand, and I ate rat soup.
ALAN ALDA

Across Hand Ate Let Rat Soup Tarantula
Real listening is a willingness to let the other person change you.
ALAN ALDA

Change Listen Other Person Real Willingness
Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.
ALAN ALDA

Brave Creative Else Enough Life Place
I dont see we can have a separation of church and state in this government if you have to pass a religious test to get in this government.
ALAN ALDA

Church Government Pass Religious Separate State Test
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.
ALAN ALDA

Anything Camera Debate Hour Love Most Excite One Stage Time Wrong
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.
ALAN ALDA

Advice Director Extra Final Kind Person Student Word Writer
If I can’t get the girl, at least give me more money.
ALAN ALDA

Girl Give Lease Money More
When I’m writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer.
ALAN ALDA

Good Seen Try Want Write Writer
Begin challenging your own assumptions.
ALAN ALDA

Assumption Begin Challenge Own
They’re supposed to be gigantic explosions and they’re just these insignificant little dots. If you step back from things far enough you realize how important and powerful you are.
ALAN ALDA

Back Dot Explosion Gigantic Important Insignificant Little Powerful Step Suppose Thing
Really top-notch directors, I’ve often worked with them just to see how they work.
ALAN ALDA

Director Notch Often Really Top Work
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.’
ALAN ALDA

Abnormal Almost Hypothesis led Poison Suffer Testosterone
Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, don’t leave any of yourself safely on shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.
ALAN ALDA

Aim Doubt Get Laugh Yourself

I’m in this wonderful position where I can do what interests me. And whatever comes along that interests me, I do. The rest of the time I bother scientists about communicating.

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I’m in this wonderful position where I can do what interests me. And whatever comes along that interests me, I do. The rest of the time I bother scientists about communicating.

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