Few actors inspire the warm fuzzies like Alan Alda. In a new interview, Alda shares his wisdom on the art of relating, talks about his early involvement in the feminist movement, and coaches MJSchulman through a mirror exercise on Zoom.
No. It was funny because I never understood why it was such a big deal that Pluto had to be demoted. Maybe it’s because Pluto is associated with the name of the cartoon character—sort of soft and fuzzy. On that same show, I talked to theof [the carbon scientist] Millie Dresselhaus, who I met in Oslo when I helped give her the Kavli Prize. Every couple of years, I’d help the King of Norway give the Kavli Prize, and Millie was one of those people.
My mother, unfortunately, was schizophrenic and paranoid. I had to decode her reality to figure out what actual reality was. She would see things that weren’t there. She’d assume she was being spied on. And I remember from a very early age, noticing her depression and wondering what it was all about. I was curious, but maybe a little extra curious, because I had to figure out what was happening.
—but you grew up around seedy burlesque clubs. In your book, you describe your father shooting craps, and you being in the showgirls’ dressing rooms as a kid, which is so different than I think how people would imagine Alan Alda as a child. Once in a while, I’d find myself being mentored by someone, but in very minor ways. Things like “Don’t run out of breath in a long speech.” I was at an audition once, when I was about twenty-one, and the guy sitting next to me had been in the theatre for decades. He said, “You know, it’s very important to know your first line.” When you think about it, I guess it is! If you’re going to pick a line to not know, it shouldn’t be the first one.
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