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Alan Alda
Birthday:
28 January 1936
Birth Name:
Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo
Height:
188 cm
Biography
Asking a director if he does his own editing is like asking a writer if he does his own punctuation.
Asking a director if he does his own editing is like asking a writer if he does his own punctuation.
[acknowledging the assistance of veteran actor Howard Da Silva] (He's) a wonderfully talented actor and director who is helping me immensely by coaching me in a wide variety of good parts.
[acknowledging the assistance of veteran actor Howard Da Silva] (He's) a wonderfully talented actor and director who is helping me immensely by coaching me in a wide variety of good parts.
If I could become nearly as versatile as Dad, I would be completely happy. An actor cannot be too one-sided or only half-experienced in these days when he is called upon to double in TV, legit stage plays and movies. He must be able to act anything from stylish farce to low comedy, 'Oedipus Rex' to Shakespeare and modern drama.
If I could become nearly as versatile as Dad, I would be completely happy. An actor cannot be too one-sided or only half-experienced in these days when he is called upon to double in TV, legit stage plays and movies. He must be able to act anything from stylish farce to low comedy, 'Oedipus Rex' to Shakespeare and modern drama.
[on his chances of winning Best Supporting Actor for The Aviator (2004)] It'll go to Morgan Freeman. No doubt in my mind.
[on his chances of winning Best Supporting Actor for The Aviator (2004)] It'll go to Morgan Freeman. No doubt in my mind.
[on the death of Harry Morgan] We had just a wonderful time reminiscing. That was the last time I saw Harry.
[on the death of Harry Morgan] We had just a wonderful time reminiscing. That was the last time I saw Harry.
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.
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.
It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.
It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that.
We're lucky that we don't have anybody there just trying to collect the money. There's plenty of money to be had and you can get the same amount by doing junk every week. By just showing up. But you also lose your soul. What's the pleasure in losing your self-esteem, your dignity?
We're lucky that we don't have anybody there just trying to collect the money. There's plenty of money to be had and you can get the same amount by doing junk every week. By just showing up. But you also lose your soul. What's the pleasure in losing your self-esteem, your dignity?
[from an interview in "Ms." magazine] I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don't agree with what they teach, you get clobbered over the head until you do. All that does is change the shape of the head.
[from an interview in "Ms." magazine] I used to be a Catholic. I left because I object to conversion by concussion. If you don't agree with what they teach, you get clobbered over the head until you do. All that does is change the shape of the head.
What I can't completely understand is most other people's fascination with what the famous among us do with their lips and the rest of their bodies. Why do ordinary people become the target of this curiosity simply by virtue of the fact that other people recognize their names and faces but know nothing else about them? Why do we care what they think, what th...
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What I can't completely understand is most other people's fascination with what the famous among us do with their lips and the rest of their bodies. Why do ordinary people become the target of this curiosity simply by virtue of the fact that other people recognize their names and faces but know nothing else about them? Why do we care what they think, what they wear, what they eat?
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Republicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone - they just don't do it.
Republicans are as capable of coming up with great ideas and moving this country along as anyone - they just don't do it.
Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
Listening is being able to be changed by the other person.
[on the popularity of M*A*S*H (1972)] I hear from people who watch six and seven times a day. It scares me.
[on the popularity of M*A*S*H (1972)] I hear from people who watch six and seven times a day. It scares me.
Alan Alda
Alan Alda was born on January 28, 1936 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA as Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo. He is known for his work on M*A*S*H (1972), The Aviator (2004) and What Women Want (2000). He has been married to Arlene Alda since March 15, 1957. They have three children.
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Alan Alda Filmography
Alan Alda Roles
President of the United States
Jordan
Carvin
Sidney Miller
Bob
Arthur Shaw
Kevin Hollander
Ira Levinson
Dan Wanamaker
Senator Ralph Owen Brewster
Thomas Watters Jr.
Dr. Gabriel Lawrence
Uncle Pete
Milton Greene
Senator Arnold Vinick
Capt. Benjamin Franklin 'Hawkeye' Pierce
Alan Fitch
