American - Actor | January 28, 1936 -
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.
Alan Alda
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I find myself going to places where I really have no business, speaking to these people in a whole other field that I have no extensive knowledge of. But I do it very often because it scares me.
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I'm greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn't do it, that somehow I can deliver.
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Kids are natural scientists.
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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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The President never intends to get into any kind of war situation. He gets carried away by events.
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Usually, comedy shows only influence other comedy shows. 'M*A*S*H' is one of the few comedies that influenced dramatic shows as well.
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You know what my earliest memories are? Going from one burlesque town to another. My father was in burlesque.
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I made my first stage appearance when I was 6 months old.
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All I've ever tried to do is play real people.
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Anyone I know who's almost died has come out of it, at least for a while, looking at things differently.
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M*A*S*H' was a collection of people, in front of and behind the cameras, that really clicked.
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