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

Albert Brooks

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Albert Brooks
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 22
Actor
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Beverly Hills
California
Albert Lawrence Brooks
Albert Lawrence Einstein
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Starting to drink now in preparation for New Years. No more last minute stuff like Christmas.
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There's always the standard six people you can hire that have played all these villains in Hollywood. Instinctively, when they come on screen, you know what's going to happen. You don't know the story, but you know what they do.
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In the beginning of any career, in every job, people are always forcing you to the middle.
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I come from the place where I am thinking 'I have put my blood on the pages.'
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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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If you want to be a writer, just write. There's no magic to it.
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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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If you paint, write, do mosaics, knit - if it's solving that part of your brain saying, 'I need to do this,' you've won.
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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 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 never wanted to be a director.
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A lot of alliteration from anxious anchors placed in powerful posts!
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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 just like making people laugh, and buried in that I like to bring up topics and start discussions.
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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 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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Most entertainment is trying to get you. It's tested, like toothpaste.
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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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Being a screenwriter in Hollywood is like being a eunuch at an orgy. Worse, actually, at least the eunuch is allowed to watch.
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You make friends with older people and you always feel young no matter what.
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