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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. Not as somebody with a particular idea to sell, or something like that.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Acting Actor Always Doing Get Good Good Actor Good Writer Idea Like Particular Seen Sell Somebody Something Try Want Wanted Writer Writing

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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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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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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

Topics: Acting Actor Always Doing Get Good Good Actor Good Writer Seen Try Want Wanted Writer Writing

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You can watch actors create their illusions, but if you don't see where they get the pigeons from, you don't really know how they're doing it.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Actor Create Doing Get How Illusions Know Pigeons Really See Watch Where You

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Blind dates are treacherous. You don't know who this person is. You wonder, 'Should I call my grandma during coffee to get out of this?'

~Alan Alda

Topics: Blind Call Coffee Dates Get Grandma Know Out Person Should Who Wonder You

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Any play is hard to write, and plays are getting harder and harder to get on the stage.

~Alan Alda

Topics: Any Get Getting Hard Harder Play Plays Stage Write

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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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If two scientists are giving their papers at a symposium, and one of them is just naturally better at talking to the public or talking to a group of people, that scientist is liable to get more attention - in fact, I'm told that they do get more attention - than the one who's a little more stiff about it. Well, that's not good for science.

~Alan Alda

Topics: About Attention Better Fact Get Giving Good Group In Fact Just Liable Little More Naturally Papers People Public Science Scientist Scientists Stiff Talking Than Them Two Well

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