I love oatmeal. To me, it's not boring. I agree that ordinary oatmeal is very boring, but not the steel-cut Irish kind - the kind that pops in your mouth when you bite into it in little glorious bursts like a sort of gummy champagne. Alan Alda agreebitebore share on social
I think most people are interested in our origins; once we understand, it might be easier to become the people we'd like to be. Or, better, become the people we think we already are. Alan Alda easyinterestorigin Change image and share on social
Backstage life is terrific training for an actor, seeing shows from the wings. Alan Alda actorbackstagelife Change image and share on social
Begin challenging your assumptions. Your assumptions are the windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile or the light won't come in. Alan Alda assumptionawhilebegin Change image and share on social
All I've ever tried to do is play real people. Alan Alda havepeopleplay Change image and share on social
You know what my earliest memories are? Going from one burlesque town to another. My father was in burlesque. Alan Alda burlesqueearlyfather Change image and share on social
After a while I started to think of that as an image of something that went a lot deeper than the dead dog, which is you can't bring back anything to life. Alan Alda backbringdead Change image and share on social
What I always wanted to get seen as was as a good actor, when it was the acting I was doing. When I'm writing, I want to try to be seen as a good writer. Not as somebody with a particular idea to sell, or something like that. Alan Alda actactorgood share on social
I don't really worry about the size of the part much any more. It's nice to have more time to work on the character, and to have big scenes to play. But if there's something playable there, and if it's interesting to do, then that's nice. Alan Alda bigcharacterinterest share on social
The one thing I think I've noticed about shows that are supposed to be funny on television is that they've sort of become routinized, so there's an awful lot of mannerisms and joke lines that are sort of there to trigger laughter, rather than give actors a chance to play a moment. Alan Alda actorawfulchance share on social
