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title: "2 Actor Writer Quotes By Alan Alda"
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> [As an artist, as an actor, as a writer, you have to use what's personal to you. You have to be personal about your work; otherwise, it doesn't ring true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/as-an-artist-as-an-actor-as-a-writer-you-have-to-use-what-s-personal/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

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> [I have a final word of advice to our students. If you work very, very hard, this is the kind of actor, writer and director you may turn out to be, and if you work extra hard, this is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-have-a-final-word-of-advice-to-our-students-if-you-work-very-very/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

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## More by Alan Alda

> [On the stage, the characters express themselves more through words than images. So the arguments of the characters and the tension between characters -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/on-the-stage-the-characters-express-themselves-more-through-words/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

> [We need to be more conversant with it because science is in our lives. It's in everything. It's in the food we eat. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/we-need-to-be-more-conversant-with-it-because-science-is-in-our-lives/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

> [When I studied how to think in school, I was taught that the first rule of logic was that a thing cannot both be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/when-i-studied-how-to-think-in-school-i-was-taught-that-the-first/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

> [I was brought up as a Catholic, and I'm no longer a Catholic. I don't talk about my beliefs too much in public probably…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-was-brought-up-as-a-catholic-and-i-m-no-longer-a-catholic-i-don-t/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

> [life is meaningless unless you bring meaning to it; ... it is up to us to create our own existence. Unless you do something,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/life-is-meaningless-unless-you-bring-meaning-to-it-it-is-up-to-us-to/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

> [“My mother didn't try to stab my father until I was six.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/my-mother-didn-t-try-to-stab-my-father-until-i-was-six/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

> [Originality is unexplored territory. You get there by carrying a canoe - you can't take a taxi.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/originality-is-unexplored-territory-you-get-there-by-carrying-a-canoe/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

> [It's always better to be wise than to be smart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/it-s-always-better-to-be-wise-than-to-be-smart/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

> [M\*A\*S\*H' was a collection of people, in front of and behind the cameras, that really clicked.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/m-a-s-h-was-a-collection-of-people-in-front-of-and-behind-the-cameras/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

> [“Be brave enough to live creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/be-brave-enough-to-live-creatively-the-creative-is-the-place-where-no/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

> [To do a musical takes a tremendous amount of energy because you have to act and sing at the same time. And everything has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/to-do-a-musical-takes-a-tremendous-amount-of-energy-because-you-have/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

> [Be brave enough to live creatively.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/be-brave-enough-to-live-creatively/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

> [It's better to be wise than to be smart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/it-s-better-to-be-wise-than-to-be-smart/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

> [“You can't get there by bus, only by hard work, risking, and by not quite knowing what you're doing. What you'll discover will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/you-can-t-get-there-by-bus-only-by-hard-work-risking-and-by-not-quite/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

> [I used to read science fiction a lot, and I still like science fiction when it is a model of how we really are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-alda/i-used-to-read-science-fiction-a-lot-and-i-still-like-science-fiction/)

[Alan Alda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-alda/)

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