Alan Alda

I really don't like plays or movies that service propaganda. ”

I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it. Maybe things would have gone differently for me in some ways if I had. ”

No, I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it. ”

I've been lucky enough to live through all the things that are supposed to give meaning to our lives, like parenting, grandparenting, art, celebrity. All these things you expect meaning to come from, and sometimes it comes when you're not expecting it. ”

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

I don't miss directing at all, and I don't miss screenwriting either because somebody's always telling you to do something different. ”

If I can't get the girl, at least give me more money. ”

I've been nominated twice before as actor in a leading part. Now I'm nominated as actor in a supporting part. If I don't win, I'll just wait until I'm nominated for being in the theater during the show. Do they have one like that? ”

I must have interviewed 600 or 700 scientists all around the world. ”

When I got recognized as a writer, when I got the Emmy, I was more excited than the Emmys I had gotten as an actor. ”