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I have children. I have a family to support. But I really could live in a one-room apartment, as long as the television worked. I never needed anything. Just a comfortable chair and I'm fine.
Albert Brooks
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Albert Brooks
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 22
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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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How many people didn't get a part who would have been better than the person who got the part? Thousands.
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If we had 3 million exhibitionists and only one voyeur, nobody could make any money.
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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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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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If you look at the best-seller list for American fiction, they're all sequels to detective stories or stories about hunting serial killers. That's what's called American fiction these days.
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I don't want to be the one to break it to you, but the future ain't that funny.
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Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.
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