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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsAnyone know what Alan Alda's like in real life?
He seems like the nicest guy ever in his movies.
UnrepentantLiberal
(11,700 posts)He's a feminist.
trof
(54,256 posts)Oh...wait...
nevermind
barbtries
(28,794 posts)but i did meet James Garner, another nice guy, and he was the same in real life. i bet alda's the same way.
trof
(54,256 posts)Is he still 'with' us?
83 years old
trof
(54,256 posts)I was an airline pilot, standing just outside of baggage claim waiting for the limo/van to take the crew to the layover hotel.
A long, black limo pulled up and he got out.
Just before he donned big wraparound sun glasses I recognized him.
He stood next to me looking around.
I said "I really like The Rockford Files".
He said "Thanks. Look, I'm picking up my parents, please don't blow my cover."
Hundreds of people milling around us and nobody recognized him with those shades on.
"Your secret is safe with me."
"Thanks, man."
barbtries
(28,794 posts)one morning i showed up a little late and he was there and he said, "how come i had to be here at 8 and you got to come in at 9?" i said cause i'm special
hlthe2b
(102,272 posts)I think he's the "real" deal.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)I just assumed there were other guys with two foot cucumbers out there.
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,516 posts)he seems very genuine with a great sense of humor. I'll bet he'd be a blast to get to know.
ret5hd
(20,491 posts)most people i just don't want to know...they'd be more trouble than they're worth
some people...i'd like to know them knowing i wouldn't necessarily like them.
others, i don't want to know even if i think i might like them. alda is in this group. don't ask me to explain it.
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applegrove
(118,654 posts)DFW
(54,378 posts)Alda spoke the introduction at the 85th birthday concert of a friend of mine, but disappeared before the party afterwards. Apparently he had encouraged Alda when he was just starting out (my friend does acting as well as singing-even did a
film with Humphrey Bogart!).
progressoid
(49,990 posts)It's kind of interesting.
nolabear
(41,963 posts)It was a good read, lots of intimate info and a stuffed dog to boot, right? But after the whole, I dunno, two hundred pages of him telling the story of his life in great detail, I flip over the last page and there's the customary teeny paragraph,
entitled: About the Author. I literally burst out laughing.
nolabear
(41,963 posts)The line was so long they had us group up alphabetically and they called us by letters. Let's just say my last name is far enough along the alphabet that we had a chance to chat with those around us. I was near, but a group ahead of, a very elderly, very talkative woman with a chair and an oxygen tank but no dearth of enthusiasm for Alan Alda. She went on and on about her name being Arlene "Just like Alan Alda'a wife's" but that when she was a kid a teacher had tortured her by calling her "airline" and she wanted to ask him if anyone ever called his wife that. Of course, when I got up to Mr Alda I leaned forward and said "An elderly lady will be here in a minute, and she'll tell you her name is Arlene like your wife's, and if you ask her if anyone has ever called her airline she'll think you're magic."
He looked at me for a minute and said "Is that what you people are doing back there? I need to be back there, not up here. It sounds like you're having fun." With a big smile, of course.
Sadly the handlers made me leave the immediate area but I did hear loud laughter a few minutes later and I hope it was her.
mockmonkey
(2,815 posts)I love him!
Orrex
(63,210 posts)Over a woman, of course.
Sure, he makes a big show of being a nice guy, but he'll shiv you if you cross him.
ret5hd
(20,491 posts)Ron Obvious
(6,261 posts)I'm not a celebrity hawk, but I've heard him interviewed often enough in various NPR interviews (Fresh Air, Whadda ya know with Michael Feldman, etc), that I suspect he's exactly how he comes across. Besides, he's been married for over 50 years, and him an actor!