I Was A Child, And My Mother Was Psychotic. She Loved Me, But I Didn't Really Feel I Had A Mother. And When You Live With Somebody Who Is Paranoid And Thinks You're Trying To Kill Them All The Time, You Tend To Feel A Little Betrayed.

-Alan Alda

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I Was A Child, And My Mother

Alan Alda

I Was A Child, And My Mother Was Psychotic. She Loved Me, But I Didn't Really Feel I Had A Mother. And When You Live With Somebody Who Is Paranoid And Thinks You're Trying To Kill Them All The Time, You Tend To Feel A Little Betrayed.

Topic

Mother

Children

Thinking

When I Started Out As An Actor, I Thought, Here's What I Have To Say; How Shall I Say It? I Began To Understand That What I Do In The Scene Is Not As Important As What Happens Between Me And The Other Person. And Listening Is What Lets It Happen. It's Almost Always The Other Person Who Causes You To Say What You Say Next. You Don't Have To Figure Out How You'll Say It. You Have To Listen So Simply, So Innocently, That The Other Person Brings About A Change In You That Makes You Say It And Informs The Way You Say It.

Listening

Important

Actors