Alan Alda

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

I think I look better in a suit than a loincloth. So that may define some of the parts I play.

I fix my grandchildren's computers.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

Much violence is based on the illusion that life is a property to be defended and not to be shared.