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I come from the place where I am thinking 'I have put my blood on the pages.'
Albert Brooks
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Albert Brooks
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 22
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Beverly Hills
California
Albert Lawrence Brooks
Albert Lawrence Einstein
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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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If I'm going to act in someone's movie, I want the movie to be interesting and be able to get a couple of solid doubles.
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Twitter is the Devil's playground.
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Even though my father was a radio comedian, it wasn't cool to say, at a young age, 'I want to be a comedian.'
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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've never been disappointed, because I've never given somebody I liked that much power.
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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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I never wanted to be a director.
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The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable.
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Someone asked me what do you think of Donald Trump? And I said, I would rather vote for Hillary Clinton in jail. If she gets convicted, I'll vote for her for president.
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