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I like movies about failing.
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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I've never been disappointed, because I've never given somebody I liked that much power.
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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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If anything happens to me, tell every woman I've ever gone with I was talking about her at the end. That way, they'll have to reevaluate me.
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Most entertainment is trying to get you. It's tested, like toothpaste.
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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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Don't worry, and don't kick yourself forever. Just take the opportunities when they come.
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Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive?
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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've always been in the middle of making my own movies, so taking acting jobs that take me away from that has been impossible.
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You make friends with older people and you always feel young no matter what.
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I don't want to get close to people who have secrets that I don't know about.
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Once you sign on as an actor, you know, you don't go to the editing room, you don't see how they cut, you don't see how they score, you don't see how they cast the rest of the movie.
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Starting to drink now in preparation for New Years. No more last minute stuff like Christmas.
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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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I take anything other than 'you big pig!' as a compliment.
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