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Don't worry, and don't kick yourself forever. Just take the opportunities when they come.
Albert Brooks
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Albert Brooks
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 22
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Beverly Hills
California
Albert Lawrence Brooks
Albert Lawrence Einstein
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It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than to be known by sixty million for something you're not.
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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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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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The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable.
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Film is the cheapest part of the movie making process. The expense is the 100-man crew and the financing and everything.
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Once you sign on as an actor, you know, you don't go to the editing room, you don't see how they cut, you don't see how they score, you don't see how they cast the rest of the movie.
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Most entertainment is trying to get you. It's tested, like toothpaste.
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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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Starting to drink now in preparation for New Years. No more last minute stuff like Christmas.
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My mother was supportive without knowing it. Deep down she wanted all the right things, she just didn't see the world like I did, and she's not supposed to.
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I've seen the future! It's a bald-headed man from New York!
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I'm not a big fan of the post-Armageddon stories, where Denzel Washington is walking around in a torn coat.
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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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Art and resistance are great together. That's what art's made for. Look at Vincent van Gogh: He didn't cut off his ear because he was selling well.
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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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Well, you know, with every character, if you're going to expose yourself, you've got to figure out every detail that you're going to play. So there's no character that you can just go put on his shirt and be fully prepared.
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I can't not put humor in a book.
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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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When I went to acting school, the kids that got the best grades were the kids that could cry on cue. But it didn't really translate into careers for any of them, because the external is the easy part.
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I've always felt like I work in a small little area that doesn't represent anything like the rest of society.
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