I’ve played a murderer, so certainly I think I can play a Republican.
ALAN ALDAAs 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.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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What works for me is working out when it’s useful to use that anger.
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If I don’t win, I’ll just wait until I’m nominated for being in the theater during the show. Do they have one like that?
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I really don’t like plays or movies that service propaganda.
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As I am becoming older, the only thing that speeds up is time.
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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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When people are laughing, they’re generally not killing one another.
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Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won’t do what you’ve done before.
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I’m most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old.
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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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Kids are natural scientists.
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Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.
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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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In the midst of the sense of tragedy or loss, sometimes laughter is not only healing, it’s a way of experiencing the person that you’ve lost again.
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Remarkably, according to what they told me, nearly every inmate in the prison didn’t do it.
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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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