Alan Alda on a life of meaning
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Alan Alda
Alan Alda played Hawkeye Pierce for eleven years in the television series
M*A*S*H and has acted in, written, and directed many feature films. He
has starred often on Broadway, and his avid interest in science has led
to his hosting PBS's Scientific American Frontiers for eleven years.
By Alan Alda
Published on 09/29/2007
“I’ve been lucky enough to live through most of the things that we
all think will give meaning to our lives, trying to be an artist, being
a father, a husband, being devoted to love and even trying to do good
with other people. I had celebrity which a lot of people think will
solve all their problems, but it doesn’t, and even money. But what’s funny is, none of that, or at least not any one of them,
gives me a personal sense of lasting satisfaction that I would define
as meaning."