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Alan Alda
Alan Alda
American Actor
Born: Jan 28, 1936
Actor Me People Science Think You
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A really great actor, in a lucky performance, can transform himself or herself. I've seen actors do that. 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. Alan Alda
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What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing. When I'm writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer. Not as somebody with a particular idea to sell, or something like that. Alan Alda
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I sat next to a young woman on a plane once who bombarded me for five hours with how she had decided to be born again and so should I. I told her I was glad for her, but I hadn't used up being born the first time. Alan Alda
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I must have interviewed 600 or 700 scientists all around the world. Alan Alda
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I think when you're acting, you usually don't have to know too much beyond how to pronounce the words you're saying. Alan Alda
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I don't miss directing at all, and I don't miss screenwriting either because somebody's always telling you to do something different. Alan Alda
You Somebody Telling Something Directing Miss Because Always Different Screenwriting Either
Awards can give you a tremendous amount of encouragement to keep getting better, no matter how young or old you are. Alan Alda
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When I am at a dinner table, I love to ask everybody, 'How long do you think our species might last?' I've read that the average age of a species, of any species, is about two million years. Is it possible we can have an average life span as a species? And do you picture us two million years more or a million and a half years, or 5,000? Alan Alda
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The idea that the brain is not fully formed until you are almost 30 years old has already been introduced, and the Supreme Court already has based two rulings on it. Alan Alda
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It's really clear to me that you can't hang onto something longer than its time. Ideas lose certain freshness, ideas have a shelf life, and sometimes they have to be replaced by other ideas. Alan Alda
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No, I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it. Alan Alda
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I used to be an amateur inventor when I was a kid; I'm always inventing something. Alan Alda
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When people are laughing, they're generally not killing one another. Alan Alda
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After a while I started to think of that as an image of something that went a lot deeper than the dead dog, which is you can't bring back anything to life. Alan Alda
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I'm an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger. What works for me is working out when it's useful to use that anger. Alan Alda
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If I can't get the girl, at least give me more money. Alan Alda
Me Money Girl Give Give Me More Least Get Movies
My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that. Alan Alda
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