I was always interested in figuring things out. I’d do experiments, like combining things I found around the house to see what would happen if I put them together.
ALAN ALDA[You have to be] willing to be changed by the person you’re listening to, where you’re not just waiting for a pause so you can say your thing, but you’re actually letting them have an effect on you if they can.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it, to surf into change.
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When I’m writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer.
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They 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.
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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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Almost everybody that’s well-known gets tagged with a nickname.
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What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.
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I’m very interested in the improvisation because one of the things I do is to help train scientists to communicate in a better way and more personal way when they’re making a presentation, and I use improvisation to do that.
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You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.
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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.
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As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what’s personal to you. You have to be personal about your work; otherwise, it doesn’t ring true.
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And I want to warn everyone in the press and all the voters out there: if you demand expressions of religious faith from politicians, you are just begging to be lied to.
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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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During the first day, curious at having outsiders among them, a long stream of inmates came over and talked with me.
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Don’t be upset that it takes a long, long time to find wisdom because nobody knows where wisdom can be found.
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I’ve never tried to manipulate my image.
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