298 Quotes by Alan Alda

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.

No one can replace a unique person like Peter.

As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what's personal to you. You have to be personal about your work; otherwise, it doesn't ring true.

Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned

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.

He knew there was something wrong, but there wasn't even a name for it in those days.

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.

I think the audience was aware that even when it was farcical, there was the sense that at some level this was about real experience.

I found I wasn't asking good enough questions because I assumed I knew something.