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It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.
Alan Alda
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Alan Alda
Age: 88
Born: 1936
Born: January 28
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I play tennis non-obsessively. I seem to beat people I play a lot or half the time, so I guess I gravitate to people who are as bad as I am.
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You wouldn't want to be called a sell-out by selling a product. Selling out was frowned on, whereas now you can major in it at business school.
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Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work.
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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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Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.
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I don't really worry about the size of the part much any more. 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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I really don't like plays or movies that service propaganda.
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I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.
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Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won't do what you've done before.
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Be brave enough to live creatively . . . what you'll discover will be wonderful: yourself.
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It makes it fun. When an actor plays a character, you want what that character wants. Otherwise it doesn't look authentic. So I really want to defeat Jimmy - I mean Jimmy as the character.
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Our lives depend on good communication. Good communication helps personal relationships, it helps bosses and employees get along better. We rely on it.
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I have a final word of advice to our students. If you work very, very hard, this is the kind of actor, writer and director you may turn out to be, and if you work extra hard, this is the kind of person you may turn out to be.
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I'm in the real world, some people try to steal from me, and I stop them, frequently, take them to court. I love a good lawsuit. It's fun.
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