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I, sort of, got into comedy accidentally, and it got bigger than I wanted it to.

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Albert Brooks
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 22
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Nothing surprises me. After Donald Trump, nothing matters, does it?
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For the most part, improvising while cameras are rolling is very difficult. 99% of people you should never ask to do that, because they're under pressure, the clock is running, 80 people are staring at you...it's always unnatural.
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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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If you want to be a writer, just write. There's no magic to it.
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Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive?
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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.
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I can't not put humor in a book.
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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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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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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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I'm not a person who I ever thought would do well with divorce. Not that it can't happen. I just didn't want that. So I waited a long time to meet the right person. Then I finally met someone that I was willing to be divorced from.
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Fear is like a giant fog. It sits on your brain and blocks everything - real feelings, true happiness, real joy. They can't get through that fog. But you lift it, and buddy, you're in for the ride of your life.
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Twitter, to me, works if you're funny. Twitter doesn't work as a promotional tool unless you do it very, very, very occasionally.
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Nobody will leave any place unless they're forced out. That's the nature of humans. Once you're there, you're there. I've never seen anybody get up voluntarily and leave any place.
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I come from the place where I am thinking 'I have put my blood on the pages.'
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I take anything other than 'you big pig!' as a compliment.
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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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All improv turns into anger. All comedy improv basically turns into anger, because that's all people know how to do when they're improvising. If you notice shows that are improvising are generally people yelling at each other.
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Someone asked me what do you think of Donald Trump? And I said, I would rather vote for Hillary Clinton in jail. If she gets convicted, I'll vote for her for president.
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