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Alan Alda
Alan Alda
American Actor
Born: Jan 28, 1936
Actor Me People Science Think You
Related authors: Bruce Lee Clint Eastwood Kevin Hart Mr. T Orson Welles Shia LaBeouf Tom Hanks Will Rogers
M*A*S*H' was a collection of people, in front of and behind the cameras, that really clicked. Alan Alda
People Collection Clicked Cameras Front Behind Really
Why would you give money to somebody whose work you don't understand? Alan Alda
Work You Money Somebody Would Give Understand Whose Why
If scientists can't communicate with the public, with policy makers, with one another, the future is going to be held back. We're not going to have the future that we could have. Alan Alda
Future Communicate Back Could Policy Another Makers Scientists Going Public Held
The hardest thing for me about making movies, and that included 'M*A*S*H' because it was made like a movie, was starting and stopping. Alan Alda
Me Made About Like Because Making Making Movies Stopping The Hardest Thing Movie Movies Included Hardest Hardest Thing Thing Starting
I hated high school. It was a prison. Alan Alda
School Prison High Hated High School
What heartens me is to see '30 Rock' on the air. It makes me laugh from my gut, which I really like to do. Alan Alda
Me Air Laugh See Gut Like Makes Rock Which Really
I always loved Sid Caesar and all the people on his program. Alan Alda
People Caesar Always His Loved Program
I had never really wanted to be famous. Everyone is supposed to want to be rich and famous, but as a boy I never knew what rich was, and the first view I had of famous made me leery. Alan Alda
Me Made First Rich Everyone Never Had Knew Supposed Boy Famous Want Wanted Really View
I'm condemned by some inner compulsion to think about the daily rituals of my life. I have a low grade fever for improving myself in many ways, including everyday tasks. Alan Alda
Life Myself Daily My Life Think Everyday Ways Some About Compulsion Rituals Condemned Grade Tasks Fever Improving Low Many Including Inner
When I was in high school, I fell under the spell of that crazy idea that if you're interested in the arts, you can't be interested in science. Alan Alda
Crazy You Science School Spell High High School Idea Fell Arts Interested
What is beauty, anyway? It's more than something pleasant looking. If it doesn't stop us in our tracks and make us unable to move for a moment, unable to put into words what's closing off the breath in our throats, then maybe it's pretty, but it probably isn't beauty. Alan Alda
Words Looking Beauty Breath Pleasant Our Unable Pretty Something More Throats Put Make Tracks Off Than Move Maybe Closing Stop Anyway Then Us Moment
Achingly funny as it was, Larry Gelbart's writing gave off sparks that turned a hard light on the way we are. Alan Alda
Funny Writing Light Gave Way Off Turned Sparks Hard Larry
I know there's a creative side to artists to - pardon me - there's a creative side to scientists already, but there may be an artistic side, too, waiting to break free. Alan Alda
Me Creative Waiting Free Too Side Pardon Know Scientists May Artistic Artists Break
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. All these things you expect meaning to come from, and sometimes it comes when you're not expecting it. Alan Alda
Art Parenting You Sometimes Live Enough Our Our Lives Give Through Come Like Supposed Been Celebrity Expect Expecting Meaning Lucky Lives Things
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. Alan Alda
Life Me My Life Looking Looking Back Few Sense Back Though Find Give Give Me Accomplished Accomplishments Few Things Even Satisfaction Things
The whole question of fiduciary responsibility is a very old concept. You could make a movie about someone making that rule at any point in history, and within a few months, it will turn out to be timely. Alan Alda
History You Old Will Responsibility Few Rule Months Out About Someone Point Could Concept Make Within Making Question Very Timely Any Movie Turn Whole
I don't watch that much TV, so I can't compare one show to another. When I watch television, I watch people talking to one another usually or a science show where they show me microbes, you know. Microbes actually communicate quite a bit, and so there's a lot of talking going on. Alan Alda
Me You Science People Communicate Bit Television TV Know Talking Another Lot Going Quite Quite A Bit Where Much Show Compare Actually Watch
To do a musical takes a tremendous amount of energy because you have to act and sing at the same time. And everything has to be precise. Because you can't forget the lyrics because the band keeps playing, you know, and you're under a certain amount of pressure. Alan Alda
Time You Pressure Band Energy Tremendous Tremendous Amount Lyrics Everything Musical Takes Know Sing Because Forget Same Precise Same Time Certain Act Keeps Amount Playing
I used to read science fiction a lot, and I still like science fiction when it is a model of how we really are and to see ourselves from another perspective. Alan Alda
Science Perspective Ourselves See Like Read Another Science Fiction How Still Lot Model Fiction Really Used
I read science, because to me, that's extremely exciting. It's like a great detective story, and it's happening right in front of us. Alan Alda
Great Me Science Extremely Detective Detective Story Exciting Like Read Because Front Happening Story Us Right
I'm most at home on the stage. Alan Alda
Home Stage Most
On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters - words have to be used to express that, and I love that about theater. Alan Alda
Love Words Argument Stage Characters About More Through Tension Between Than Theater Themselves Used Express Images
I think I look better in a suit than a loincloth. So that may define some of the parts I play. Alan Alda
Better Think Define Some Look Parts Than May Play Suit
I think most people are interested in our origins; once we understand, it might be easier to become the people we'd like to be. Or, better, become the people we think we already are. Alan Alda
People Better Become Think Our Once Easier Like Most Understand Interested Might Origins
It's very important for us to see that science is done by people, not just brains but whole human beings, and sometimes at great cost. Alan Alda
Great Science People Sometimes Important See Cost Brains Very Done Human Just Human Beings Us Whole Beings
I've had many uncanny experiences. I think it's hard to be alive and not have them. But I don't know if I can decide what that means or what they are. Alan Alda
Think Alive Had Know Experiences Decide Them Means Hard Many
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