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I've never been disappointed, because I've never given somebody I liked that much power.

Albert Brooks

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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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Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.
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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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Don't worry, and don't kick yourself forever. Just take the opportunities when they come.
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I'm not Elvis. I don't get chased by paparazzi.
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My friend Harry Nilsson used to say the definition of an artist was someone who rode way ahead of the herd and was sort of the lookout. Now you don't have to be that, to be an artist. You can be right smack-dab in the middle of the herd. If you are, you'll be the richest.
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I've always been in the middle of making my own movies, so taking acting jobs that take me away from that has been impossible.
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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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I come from the place where I am thinking 'I have put my blood on the pages.'
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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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Acceptance is going to a restaurant where the salad's not great, but the steak is fine.
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If you paint, write, do mosaics, knit - if it's solving that part of your brain saying, 'I need to do this,' you've won.
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I never wanted to be a director.
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