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Albert Brooks
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 22
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Voice Actor
Writer
Beverly Hills
California
Albert Lawrence Brooks
Albert Lawrence Einstein
A. Brooks
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Nothing surprises me. After Donald Trump, nothing matters, does it?
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I was in Kashmir last weekend. Went to visit one of my sweaters.
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The world really changed after 9/11, not just in the tragic way, but in every way. So it took me a couple of years to even understand how my art form I could process any of this. When the world changed, eliciting laughter with subjects that were funny to me before 9/11 just didnt seem good enough.
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I've seen the future! It's a bald-headed man from New York!
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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, I became a director out of necessity. I was writing comedies, and I couldn't find anybody to deliver it correctly.
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Movies are an expensive business.
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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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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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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 think anger and laughter are very close to each other, when you think about it.
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There's nothing funny about flying to Houston.
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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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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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I like movies about failing.
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How many people didn't get a part who would have been better than the person who got the part? Thousands.
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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 have children. I have a family to support. But I really could live in a one-room apartment, as long as the television worked. I never needed anything. Just a comfortable chair and I'm fine.
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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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Starting to drink now in preparation for New Years. No more last minute stuff like Christmas.
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