There are two things that I get a lot of pleasure from in my life, and that is, doing what I know how to do well – that really makes me happy.
ALAN ALDAI 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.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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I play tennis non-obsessively. I seem to beat people I play a lot or half the time, so I guess I gravitate to people who are as bad as I am.
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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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If I can’t get the girl, at least give me more money.
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It’s really clear to me that you can’t hang onto something longer than its time. Ideas lose certain freshness, ideas have a shelf life, and sometimes they have to be replaced by other ideas.
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My relationship with science is as someone who’s curious and hungry to know, hungry to understand. So all I have to offer is my ignorance and my curiosity, which is a good combination, as long as they come together.
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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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Be brave enough to live creatively . . . what you’ll discover will be wonderful: yourself.
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Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe – you can’t take a taxi.
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What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.
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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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Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won’t do what you’ve done before.
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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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Insanity is just a state of mind.
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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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