Alan Alda

No matter how big the audience is going to be. I'm interested in doing things that are fun.

You can't be aware of everything. You'd fall down the stairs if you were aware of every intricate thing involved in going down stairs.

I think it's important for scientists to speak in their own voices and not just be mediated by journalists or others speaking for them.

I have a strong preference for being alive.

M*A*S*H' was a collection of people, in front of and behind the cameras, that really clicked.

I made my first stage appearance when I was 6 months old.

The President never intends to get into any kind of war situation. He gets carried away by events.

I'm greedy for that satisfaction of doing something hard and knowing that, even though I was afraid I couldn't do it, that somehow I can deliver.

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.

Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.