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In my screenplays - from the very beginning I've always used tape. I talk my screenplays. And then have somebody transcribe them.

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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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I got so good at writing to a budget, my brain was restricting myself. I'd write, It's a stormy night. Then I'd cross out stormy. I'd write: It's a calm night. Then I'd cross out night. It's noon. Because you know how much night costs. You know how much rain costs. Nothing comes free in movies.
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I never wanted to be a director.
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I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician who knows who is in the Iowa caucus.
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You can equate acting to a tennis game: When you're playing one of the best, you get better.
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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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