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 ALDABe brave enough to live creatively . . . what you’ll discover will be wonderful: yourself.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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Republicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone – they just don’t do it.
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If you don’t listen deeply, the connection won’t take place.
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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 don’t really worry about the size of the part much any more.
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When your kids turn 13, an alien being invades their bodies and doesn’t leave until they’re 20.
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That last note, “in the same respect,” says a lot. As soon as you change the frame of reference, you’ve changed the truthiness of a once immutable fact.
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I’ve played a murderer, so certainly I think I can play a Republican.
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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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Life is great-I wouldn’t know what I’d do without it.
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I really don’t like plays or movies that service propaganda.
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I’ve been nominated twice before as actor in a leading part. Now I’m nominated as actor in a supporting part.
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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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I let a tarantula walk across my hand, and I ate rat soup.
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Insanity is just a state of mind.
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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.
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