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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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Albert Brooks
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 22
Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
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Television Actor
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Beverly Hills
California
Albert Lawrence Brooks
Albert Lawrence Einstein
A. Brooks
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Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.
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