How can I ever hope to communicate something to you unless I get signals back from you that I’m on the right track or that I’ve started at some place that you’re familiar with?
ALAN ALDARemarkably, according to what they told me, nearly every inmate in the prison didn’t do it.
More Alan Alda Quotes
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It isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It’s only necessary to be rich.
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Several thousand people had been locked up unjustly and, by an incredible coincidence, all in the same prison. On the other hand, they knew an awful lot about how to knife somebody.
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I was always interested in figuring things out. I’d do experiments, like combining things I found around the house to see what would happen if I put them together.
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I’m in this wonderful position where I can do what interests me. And whatever comes along that interests me, I do. The rest of the time I bother scientists about communicating.
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Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it, to surf into change.
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A really great actor, in a lucky performance, can transform himself or herself. I’ve seen actors do that.
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Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
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Don’t be upset that it takes a long, long time to find wisdom because nobody knows where wisdom can be found.
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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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I’ve been lucky enough to live through all the things that are supposed to give meaning to our lives, like parenting, grandparenting, art, celebrity.
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It’s nice to have more time to work on the character, and to have big scenes to play. But if there’s something playable there, and if it’s interesting to do, then that’s nice.
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Don’t ever aim doubt at yourself. Laugh at yourself, but don’t doubt yourself.
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I’ve sat looking down into a volcano that could blow at any moment; I’ve helped catch a shark and several rattlesnakes;
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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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Almost everybody that’s well-known gets tagged with a nickname.
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