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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.

Alan Alda

I try to find out what there is in the character that in a way, you can’t put into words. If I could put it into words, then it wouldn’t be a performance. And if I do put it into words, as I play it, I start to get boxed in by those words.
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Character Find Put Way Word
We’re highly social animals – I’m told by scientists that what makes us different from other animals is an acute social awareness, which is what has made us so successful.
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Acute Animal Awareness Different Highly Other Scientist Social Successful
In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for ‘Scientific American Frontiers.’
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Blockage Country Film Frontier Intestinal Mountain Segment
Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe – you can’t take a taxi.
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Create Existence Originally Own Territory Unexplored
But often it’s a mechanical transformation, which isn’t as interesting, and you’ve got to be careful how you go about something like that, I think.
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Careful Internet Like Mechanical Often Something Transformation
For humans, flying isn’t magic, it’s physics.
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Fly Human Magic Physics
Working on The West Wing was similar in many ways to my experience on M*A*S*H, because you had people willing to work late at night to get it just right.
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Late Many Night People Similar Way West Willing Wing Work
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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Actor Another Everyone Job Open Personal Right Think Way
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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Actor Before Lead Nominate Part Support Twice
If you don’t listen deeply, the connection won’t take place.
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Connections Listening Waiting
You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.
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City Comfort Go Intuition Leave Wilderness
Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won’t do what you’ve done before.
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Before Beginning Being Done Good Mystify
Begin challenging your own assumptions.
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Assumption Begin Challenge Own
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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Easy Ever Had Lie Lot Tell Them Till Vote
life is meaningless unless you bring meaning to it; … it is up to us to create our own existence. Unless you do something, unless you make something it’s as though you aren’t there.
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Create Existence Life Meaningful Something Thought Unless Make
When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing one another.
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Another General Kill Laugh One People

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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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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