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Musicals are hard for me because I got thrown out of the glee club in high school, because I couldn't sing in tune at the time. I can sing in tune now, but I have to work really hard on it to make sure that I don't exercise one of my great talents, which is the ability to sing in three keys at the same time.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Ability Because Club Exercise Glee Got Great Hard High High School Keys Make Me Musicals Now Out Really Same Same Time School Sing Sure Talents Three Thrown Time Tune Which Work I Can

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I used to read science fiction a lot, and I still like science fiction when it is a model of how we really are and to see ourselves from another perspective.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Another Fiction How Like Lot Model Ourselves Perspective Read Really Science Science Fiction See Still Used

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I read science, because to me, that's extremely exciting. It's like a great detective story, and it's happening right in front of us.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Because Detective Exciting Extremely Front Great Happening Like Me Read Right Science Story Us

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I feel like every time a door is opened by science, suddenly there are a hundred doors that need to get opened. That's what makes it an everlasting, interesting experience to go through.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Door Doors Everlasting Every Every Time Experience Feel Get Go Hundred Interesting Like Makes Need Opened Science Suddenly Through Time I Feel I Feel Like

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I'm most at home on the stage.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Home Most Stage

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My background is on the stage, so when I'd write movies, they'd be a lot like plays.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Background Like Lot Movies Plays Stage Write

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On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters - words have to be used to express that, and I love that about theater.

~Alan Alda

Topics: About Argument Between Characters Express Images Love More Stage Tension Than Theater Themselves Through Used Words I Love

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I think I look better in a suit than a loincloth. So that may define some of the parts I play.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Better Define Look May Parts Play Some Suit Than Think I Think

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I used to be an amateur inventor when I was a kid; I'm always inventing something.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Always Amateur Inventing Inventor Kid Something Used

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It's very important for us to see that science is done by people, not just brains but whole human beings, and sometimes at great cost.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Beings Brains Cost Done Great Human Human Beings Important Just People Science See Sometimes Us Very Whole

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: January 28th, 1936

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