Alan Alda
Alan Alda
Alan Aldais an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he is widely known for his roles as Captain Hawkeye Pierce in the TV series M*A*S*H and Arnold Vinick in The West Wing. He has also appeared in many feature films, most notably in Crimes and Misdemeanorsas pretentious television producer Lester and in The Aviatoras U.S. Senator Owen Brewster, the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth28 January 1936
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
It's a funny feeling to work with people who you consider your colleagues and to realize that they actually are young enough to be your children.
Usually, comedy shows only influence other comedy shows. 'M*A*S*H' is one of the few comedies that influenced dramatic shows as well.
If scientists could communicate more in their own voices - in a familiar tone, with a less specialized vocabulary - would a wide range of people understand them better? Would their work be better understood by the general public, policy-makers, funders, and, even in some cases, other scientists?
I don't miss directing at all, and I don't miss screenwriting either because somebody's always telling you to do something different.
My father sang well, and he was a handsome man. When he walked down the street, people sometimes mistook him for Cary Grant and asked for his autograph.
I think I look better in a suit than a loincloth. So that may define some of the parts I play.
I made my first stage appearance when I was 6 months old.
I hated high school. It was a prison.
No, I never thought about my image. It interests me that there are people who do, that they seem to be methodical about it.
I must have interviewed 600 or 700 scientists all around the world.
I love to watch how scientists' minds work.
I always loved Sid Caesar and all the people on his program.
There's a vacancy now that no president can fill, no power on Earth can fill, ... Others will step in and fill in his shoes excellently. But no one can replace the unique presence that was Peter.
I think the audience was aware that even when it was farcical, there was the sense that at some level this was about real experience.