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I don't want to get close to people who have secrets that I don't know about.

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Albert Brooks
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 22
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Beverly Hills
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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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When I was younger, I wasn't concentrating on good days. I was managing a career and trying to have a good year. It would always 'lead' to something, which never leads to anything except death, where everything leads to. And then as I got older, and then I had my kids and everything, I began to appreciate a great Wednesday.
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Regrets are stupid they don't mean anything and they don't add up to anything.
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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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Acceptance is going to a restaurant where the salad's not great, but the steak is fine.
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