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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.

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
Be brave enough to live creatively.
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Brate Creative Enough
Some of the greatest things, as I understand, they have come about by serendipity, the greatest discoveries
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Come Discovery Great Serendipity Some Thing Understand
I’ve never tried to manipulate my image.
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Image Manipulate Try
Loneliness is everything it’s cracked up to be.
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Crack Everything Loneliness Up
Someone wrote a Wikipedia entry about me, identifying me as an atheist because I’d said in a book I wrote that I wasn’t a believer.
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Atheistic Believer Book Identify Someone Wikipedia Wrote
I’m an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger.
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Anger Angry Flash Image People Person
Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
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Always Better Remember Smart Wise
It isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It’s only necessary to be rich.
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Famous Happy Necessary Rich
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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Amount Award Better Encourage Get Keep Matter Old Tremendous Young
Kids are natural scientists.
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Kid Natural Scientist
Don’t ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don’t doubt yourself.
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Aim Doubt Laugh Yourself
I still don’t like the word agnostic. It’s too fancy. I’m simply not a believer. But, as simple as this notion is, it confuses some people.
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Agnostic Believe Fancy Like Notion Simple Word
I don’t really worry about the size of the part much any more.
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Any More Much Part Really Size Worry
My mother didn’t try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that.
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Before Father Mother Oddness Shown Sign Six Stab Until
Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won’t come in.
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Assumption Awhile Come Every Light One Scrub Window World

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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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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