298 Quotes by Alan Alda

Really top-notch directors, I've often worked with them just to see how they work.

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.

The one hour live debate in the West Wing that we did was one of the most exciting times for me on stage or on camera, because anything could go wrong.

Working on The West Wing was similar in many ways to my experience on M*A*S*H, because you had people willing to work late at night to get it just right.

It's 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.

Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won’t come in.

I’ve played a murderer, so certainly I think I can play a Republican.

You can tell a lot about people by the way they treat the help.