Alan Alda Quotes

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

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

GoodWritingDoingActingWantTry

The strongest, richest, greatest nation in the world shouldn't leave anyone behind.

Joe Kennedy III

WorldNationLeaveGreatestBehind

If I can get you to laugh with me, you like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can persuade you to laugh at the particular point I make, by laughing at it you acknowledge its truth.

John Cleese

TruthMeIdeasBetterLaughYou

When I return to the writing process after being away from it for a while, the first part of it always is being honest with myself: What am I into right now? Is it rock bands and guitars, is it noise, is it dance beats and electronics? Is it space, is it clutter?

Trent Reznor

MyselfDanceSpaceWritingProcess

During President George W. Bush's two terms, you couldn't drive far without seeing a particular bumper sticker: 'Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.'

Monica Crowley

PatriotismDriveYouSeeingWithout

I am two different people. What you see on the court is just natural for me. I wear my heart on my sleeve. I have always said 'C'mon' purely to fire myself up. Off the court, I am a lot shyer. I stick to my team and my family and people I trust.

Lleyton Hewitt

FamilyHeartMyselfTrustFireI Am

For my 50th birthday, my cousin Helmut gave me the most profound, beautiful, and striking present. He made books out of my dad's slide photographs, which were stored and forgotten. Looking at those books made me cry.

Juergen Teller

BirthdayBeautifulMeLookingCry

My work unblocks people, and then I look at the work that they do, and I think, 'My God, how could they not have known they were talented? How could they not have known?'

Julia Cameron

WorkGodPeopleThinkLookI Think

In Hollywood, you can't say anything bad about anybody or everyone is going to attack you. It's like you always have to put on a happy face, be the phony baloney, and I'm so not that. I never was that; I'll never be that. That is part of the business that I don't like.

Chloe Sevigny

BusinessHappyFaceYouBadSay

I would want to work with guys that maybe aren't starters, guys that are the fourth or fifth option.

Chris Bosh

WorkWantWouldOptionMaybeGuys

Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.

William Wordsworth

ArtWallsPicturesMoreThanOften

There's something quite satisfying, quite reassuring about seeing a man having to survive.

Sean Bean

ManSurviveSeeingSomethingQuite

My friends used to tease me 'cause I'd wear a CamelBak while I was working so I wouldn't have to get up if I was thirsty.

Nick Woodman

MeFriendsUpWearTeaseThirsty

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Alan Alda