Alan Alda: The 87-Year-Old Legend on M*A*S*H, The West Wing, and Building Chemistry Using Humor and Brutal Honesty
The Great Creators with Guy Raz
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The Dream of a Career in the Theater
I think I just thought it was the next step. Try to get work, which I did. It took a long time. We couldn't live off what I made as an actor for about eight or nine years. Our lean was a teacher. She taught at a girl school in Harlem,. I was a doorman. I was a clown out in the street at the opening of a gas station. At one time, a store that sold chicken parts, I don't think they cooked them.
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