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After a while I started to think of that as an image of something that went a lot deeper than the dead dog, which is you can't bring back anything to life.

~Alan Alda

Topics: After Anything Back Bring Dead Deeper Dog Image Life Lot Something Started Than Think Which While You

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Almost everybody that's well-known gets tagged with a nickname.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Almost Everybody Gets Nickname Well-Known

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I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something. I would box them into a corner with a badly formed question, and they didn't know how to get out of it. Now, I let them take me through it step by step, and I listen.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Asking Assumed Badly Because Box Corner Enough Formed Found Get Good How Knew Know Listen Me Now Out Question Questions Something Step Take Them Through Would

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I'm an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger. What works for me is working out when it's useful to use that anger.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Anger Angry Flashes Get Imagine Me Most Out People Person Than Use Useful Working Works Would

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I'm most at home on the stage. I was carried onstage for the first time when I was six months old.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Carried First First Time Home Months Most Old Onstage Six Stage Time

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I've never tried to manipulate my image.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Image Manipulate Never Tried

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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

Topics: Actor Authentic Character Defeat Fun Jimmy Look Makes Mean Otherwise Plays Really Want Wants You

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It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It's a picture of somebody trying to figure things out. I'm not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn't interest me.

~Alan Alda

Topics: About Back Could Create Epitaph Felt Figure Get Good Good Story Impression Interest Life Look Me My Life Myself Out Picture Some Somebody Story Things Trying

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My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six, but she must have shown signs of oddness before that.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Before Father Mother Must She Shown Signs Six Try Until

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'Never Have Your Dog Stuffed' is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it, to surf into change.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Advice Avoid Change Dog Go Myself Never Really Reminder Stuffed Surf Uncertainty Your

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: January 28th, 1936

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