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There's nothing funny about flying to Houston.
Albert Brooks
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Albert Brooks
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 22
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Beverly Hills
California
Albert Lawrence Brooks
Albert Lawrence Einstein
A. Brooks
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I've always liked to think ahead. Not stupid-far ahead. A hundred years doesn't interest me. But 20 years interests me, and more for what happens to humans as opposed to things.
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Bullfights are hugely popular because you can sit comfortably with a hot dog and possibly watch a man die. It wont be me, but I can sit comfortably and watch it.
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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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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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I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician who knows who is in the Iowa caucus.
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I've done performances in movies that I was immensely proud of and the movies didn't take off like a rocket at Cape Canaveral, it didn't take off.
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My mother was supportive without knowing it. Deep down she wanted all the right things, she just didn't see the world like I did, and she's not supposed to.
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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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Most entertainment is trying to get you. It's tested, like toothpaste.
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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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I'm not interesting enough on my own that you'd want to see a film about me.
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I was in Kashmir last weekend. Went to visit one of my sweaters.
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I think anger and laughter are very close to each other, when you think about it.
Albert Brooks
I don't experience basic human emotions. It's not my thing.
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I cast unusual people in my movies.
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Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive?
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Twitter is the Devil's playground.
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Starting to drink now in preparation for New Years. No more last minute stuff like Christmas.
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I like movies about failing.
Albert Brooks
When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up.
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