Alan Alda Quotes

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.

Alan Alda

Recitation: by Male by Female 12

Author Biography

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

Topics

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If you have a mental model that says big corporations are fundamentally greedy and selfish and exploitative, you don't really want to have an exception to that model. It's much easier to say, 'Yes, Whole Foods has been corrupted.'

John Mackey

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I look forward to Pond's products to deliver better skincare for girls everywhere.

Amy Jackson

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When you look back at your own story, you may find out that not every 't' was crossed and every 'i' was dotted.

Amy Klobuchar

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We do need to think about how we have security - everyone has a right to that - but we also need to think about how we maintain civil rights and personal freedom.

Tracy Chapman

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Quentin Tarantino is controlled insanity, I would say. He's very loud and fun. I don't think there's anybody on the planet like him that I have ever met.

Rose McGowan

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This CD became something of a personal journey for me. The tone of the whole CD is uplifting and inspirational. It's an upper. We have enough downers in the world.

Roma Downey

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Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei and Assad are two sides of the same terror coin. Letting Assad continue to wield lethal power means that Tehran's terror network - from Hezbollah to the Houthis - will persist in threatening the West.

Mike Pompeo

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I trained like an animal, but the thing is focus and concentration. When the bell rings it's like when the little red light goes on over the camera. And I can usually nail my lines on the first or second take because I'm right there.

Mickey Rourke

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The baseball held was my fantasy of what life offered.

Lou Brock

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I'm interested in so many different things and I'd like to cover a lot of territory. I'm trying to see my show as the Sunday 'Times.' You have the Arts & Leisure section, you have the Op-Ed page, you have the Book Review... even the Style section has those wonderful essays about relationships.

Joy Behar

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The only thing I would like is to have more control of the game in terms of possession.

Jose Mourinho

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All of my fellow directors, I think, would agree that in whatever medium you are working, the challenges and obstacles push them to be more creative. That's the case with VR.

Doug Liman

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