298 Quotes by Alan Alda

The thing is when you're... well-enough known, you get asked to speak places, and they don't really think about whether or not you're qualified. They just want somebody that will be a drawing card for the audience. So it's up to you to decide whether or not it's foolish to get up and speak to these people.

I love the idea of being out there with little or no net,

The whole question of fiduciary responsibility is a very old concept. You could make a movie about someone making that rule at any point in history, and within a few months, it will turn out to be timely.

For nearly a quarter of a century three men in this country were anchors in more ways than one. At a time so many things in our country were changing, they were solid.

In 2003, I almost died of an intestinal blockage when I was on a mountain in Chile, filming a segment for 'Scientific American Frontiers.'

Anyone I know who's almost died has come out of it, at least for a while, looking at things differently.

You'd better take that wine back. It's a little off.

All I've ever tried to do is play real people.

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