When people ask Alan Alda how he’s doing at 89, he has a stock answer: “Making progress… I don’t say in which direction.” It’s a joke, but also a philosophy. In a new wave of 2025 interviews, the man who once played Hawkeye Pierce on MASH* has been opening up about three things fans care about most: his memories of the 4077th, his life with Parkinson’s, and what he still plans to do next.

In his 2025 interviews, Alda admits that he’s asked about MASH almost every single day of his life* – in supermarkets, on the street, even at events for completely different projects.
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