Alan Alda Quotes

I was a child, and my mother was psychotic. She loved me, but I didn't really feel I had a mother. And when you live with somebody who is paranoid and thinks you're trying to kill them all the time, you tend to feel a little betrayed.

Alan Alda

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 28, 1936

Topics

MotherLiveTimeChildMeLoved

So I say to you, Ask and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened for you.

Jesus Christ

ReligionDoorSearchYouFindSay

Playing Marcia was a double-edged sword; it always will be whenever you play a character like that. You will be known as that character forever.

Maureen McCormick

CharacterYouSwordPlayWillLike

I was a pretty normal high school kid. I just loved to play sports and had opportunities, and the Lord blessed me with talent, and I just tried to take advantage of it.

Matt Holliday

SportsSchoolTalentMeBlessed

God knows we are subtle creatures who are more than able to use candour to avoid acknowledging our deceptions of others and ourselves.

Stanley Hauerwas

GodOthersMoreAbleAvoidKnows

A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long.

Sloan Wilson

TimeManGrowLongGrassWrite

Even if I don't release it myself, somebody else might hear it and want to record it. When you write a song, it gives it that potential.

Smokey Robinson

MyselfSongPotentialYouWantEven

Sometimes, after I finish the lyrics and have all the melodies and harmonies and the pop and vocal, I'll be like, 'I have to keep it. I love it too much.'

Sia

LoveToo MuchSometimesFinishKeep

But for me, the challenge is how you turn a character into behavior. Once the director says 'action', you just try to live between those two worlds.

Robert Duvall

LiveCharacterChallengeMeAction

I try and get as much sleep as I possibly can, although it's harder with a baby.

Mary Helen Bowers

SleepBabyTryGetHarderMuch

I put more emphasis on filmmakers than maybe Hollywood does.

Jason Blum

HollywoodMoreThanMaybeEmphasis

The kiss always gets a hell of a reaction.

Dominic West

KissHellReactionAlwaysGets

Seattle has shaped me in a lot of ways.

David Shields

MeSeattleShapedWaysLot

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