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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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Albert Brooks
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 22
Actor
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Beverly Hills
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Albert Lawrence Brooks
Albert Lawrence Einstein
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