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Albert Brooks Inspirational Quotes (97)

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The world really changed after 9/11, not just in the tragic way, but in every way. So it took me a couple of years to even understand how my art form I could process any of this. When the world changed, eliciting laughter with subjects that were funny to me before 9/11 just didnt seem good enough.
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Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive?
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Don't worry, and don't kick yourself forever. Just take the opportunities when they come.
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You know, when cameras are rolling, improvisation doesn't feel natural. The pressure is too great. You're on a time schedule. You've got 60 crewmen.
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I've never been disappointed, because I've never given somebody I liked that much power.
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I've done performances in movies that I was immensely proud of and the movies didn't take off like a rocket at Cape Canaveral, it didn't take off.
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You make friends with older people and you always feel young no matter what.
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Film is the cheapest part of the movie making process. The expense is the 100-man crew and the financing and everything.
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I'm a big consumer of news and I have my six newspaper sites booked. And what I like bout Twitter is it's almost, it allows me to make a comment about something that's just on my mind.
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Regrets are stupid they don't mean anything and they don't add up to anything.
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I take anything other than 'you big pig!' as a compliment.
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I just like making people laugh, and buried in that I like to bring up topics and start discussions.
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Your spouse should be just attractive enough to turn you on. Anything more is trouble.
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When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up.
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I think anger and laughter are very close to each other, when you think about it.
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I don't think the goal is, 'How big a star did you ever become?' I think the goal is, 'Were you able to express yourself?'
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I like movies about failing.
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When I went to acting school, the kids that got the best grades were the kids that could cry on cue. But it didn't really translate into careers for any of them, because the external is the easy part.
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Donald Trump announces this morning that he will run for president. His hair will announce on Friday.
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I don't know that I can define fear. But one of the sources of fear is holding up some sort of model life that doesn't exist and feeling like you're far away from it.
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'Drive' came to me because the casting director knew my manager and called and said, 'You've always talked to me about Albert wanting to play the heavy. I think he should read this.' My ears just perked up.
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Starting to drink now in preparation for New Years. No more last minute stuff like Christmas.
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All improv turns into anger. All comedy improv basically turns into anger, because that's all people know how to do when they're improvising. If you notice shows that are improvising are generally people yelling at each other.
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Bullfights are hugely popular because you can sit comfortably with a hot dog and possibly watch a man die. It wont be me, but I can sit comfortably and watch it.
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