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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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Albert Brooks
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 22
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When I was younger, I wasn't concentrating on good days. I was managing a career and trying to have a good year. It would always 'lead' to something, which never leads to anything except death, where everything leads to. And then as I got older, and then I had my kids and everything, I began to appreciate a great Wednesday.
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I think anger and laughter are very close to each other, when you think about it.
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You always got to be happy when somebody likes what you do. It's stupid not to be happy.
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I'm not interesting enough on my own that you'd want to see a film about me.
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If you want to be a writer, just write. There's no magic to it.
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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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