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How many people didn't get a part who would have been better than the person who got the part? Thousands.

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Albert Brooks
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 22
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Beverly Hills
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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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My mother was supportive without knowing it. Deep down she wanted all the right things, she just didn't see the world like I did, and she's not supposed to.
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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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In my screenplays - from the very beginning I've always used tape. I talk my screenplays. And then have somebody transcribe them.
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I, sort of, got into comedy accidentally, and it got bigger than I wanted it to.
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I like movies about failing.
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I've been to many funerals of funny people, and they're some of the funniest days you'll ever have, because the emotions run high.
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I have children. I have a family to support. But I really could live in a one-room apartment, as long as the television worked. I never needed anything. Just a comfortable chair and I'm fine.
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I've always liked to think ahead. Not stupid-far ahead. A hundred years doesn't interest me. But 20 years interests me, and more for what happens to humans as opposed to things.
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I'm not Elvis. I don't get chased by paparazzi.
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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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If you look at the best-seller list for American fiction, they're all sequels to detective stories or stories about hunting serial killers. That's what's called American fiction these days.
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Excited about Black Friday. Also excited about Jew Tuesday.
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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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It's interesting when you're part of a group - the Jews, to be exact - that the world has had such problems with.
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One of the things I like about a character: I always think it's fascinating when a character can turn on a dime and go from one emotion to another. I like watching that.
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I guess 'The Player' was a pretty good L.A. movie. And 'Chinatown.' Was there ever a better L.A. movie about a certain period in L.A.? That was terrific.
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I'm not a person who I ever thought would do well with divorce. Not that it can't happen. I just didn't want that. So I waited a long time to meet the right person. Then I finally met someone that I was willing to be divorced from.
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