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I take anything other than 'you big pig!' as a compliment.

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Albert Brooks
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 22
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Writer
Beverly Hills
California
Albert Lawrence Brooks
Albert Lawrence Einstein
A. Brooks
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I've always been the king of silence. I've always been a minimalist comedian. I've taken my influence from Jack Benny, who was the king of that I've always done 'less is more.'
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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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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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Getting older is a lot of fun. Right up there with chewing glass or putting your hand in a blender.
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When I audition, I understand what it takes and the insecurities that come with it. If I do anything, I put actors at ease. I used to tell directors who weren't actors, the best thing they could do was take an acting class for a couple of months. Just to understand.
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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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'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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Fear is like a giant fog. It sits on your brain and blocks everything - real feelings, true happiness, real joy. They can't get through that fog. But you lift it, and buddy, you're in for the ride of your life.
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I never wanted to be a director.
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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 was in Kashmir last weekend. Went to visit one of my sweaters.
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Movies are an expensive business.
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As an actor, if you're just sitting and staring and you don't know who you are in your own mind, it's vacant. And sometimes the camera is an X-ray machine, it can pick it up.
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Don't worry, and don't kick yourself forever. Just take the opportunities when they come.
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I've seen the future! It's a bald-headed man from New York!
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I don't want to be the one to break it to you, but the future ain't that funny.
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Starting to drink now in preparation for New Years. No more last minute stuff like Christmas.
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