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If you're going to act and do this for a living, you want to play something that the audience didn't expect.
Albert Brooks
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Albert Brooks
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 22
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Beverly Hills
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Albert Lawrence Einstein
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So I think if you're happy with your brain, you're powerful.
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