What then are doing if not creating a better place together? I think, for me the key has to be, what do I want to create? What is it I want to leave behind?
ALAN ALDAI wouldn’t live in California. All that sun makes you sterile.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are.
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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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The good thing about being a hypocrite is that you get to keep your values.
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If you don’t listen deeply, the connection won’t take place.
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[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.
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I don’t really worry about the size of the part much any more.
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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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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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Why do ordinary people become the target of this curiosity simply by virtue of the fact that other people recognize their names and faces but know nothing else about them? Why do we care what they think, what they wear, what they eat?
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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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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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Whenever you wonder about yourself, look up at the stars swirling around in the heavens and just realize how tiny and puny they are.
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When I’m writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer.
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I found I wasn’t asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
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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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