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James L. Brooks quotes: I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy.

I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy.

James L. Brooks quotes: I always loved writing, but never considered that I could do it professionally.

I always loved writing, but never considered that I could do it professionally.

James L. Brooks quotes: I love it if comedy reflects real life because to me it's more reassuring that we'll get through.

I love it if comedy reflects real life because to me it's more reassuring that we'll get through.

James L. Brooks quotes: When you produce and direct your own film you havethe somewhat consoling feeling that the producer will kill for you.

When you produce and direct your own film you havethe somewhat consoling feeling that the producer will kill for you.

James L. Brooks quotes: I laugh every day. There are days when my laughs are pretty hollow. Dust comes out of your mouth, and your bones make a funny sound. But I'm laughing.

I laugh every day. There are days when my laughs are pretty hollow. Dust comes out of your mouth, and your bones make a funny sound. But I'm laughing.

James L. Brooks quotes: Tone is up for grabs in what we do - what's the tone of the scene.

Tone is up for grabs in what we do - what's the tone of the scene.

James L. Brooks quotes: I have a lot of nightmares.

I have a lot of nightmares.

James L. Brooks quotes: I always fight hard to push a movie to the point where it pulls me.

I always fight hard to push a movie to the point where it pulls me.

James L. Brooks quotes: Screenwriting is no more complicated than old French torture chambers, I think. It's about as simple as that.

Screenwriting is no more complicated than old French torture chambers, I think. It's about as simple as that.

James L. Brooks quotes: I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny.

I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny.

James L. Brooks quotes: Linking up the things you were with the things you become is what growing up is.

Linking up the things you were with the things you become is what growing up is.

James L. Brooks quotes: I'm big on research.

I'm big on research.

James L. Brooks quotes: I took some time out for life.

I took some time out for life.

James L. Brooks quotes: Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie!

Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie!

James L. Brooks quotes: If you ever catch a great boss, it's just such a rare thing, and it's amazing.

If you ever catch a great boss, it's just such a rare thing, and it's amazing.

James L. Brooks quotes: Media reporting denied privacy to anybody doing what I do for a living. It was no longer possible to work on your picture in privacy.

Media reporting denied privacy to anybody doing what I do for a living. It was no longer possible to work on your picture in privacy.

James L. Brooks quotes: Great things that can happen when you're doing a movie.

Great things that can happen when you're doing a movie.

James L. Brooks quotes: It never stops, accepting that fact is difficult.I took some time out for life.

It never stops, accepting that fact is difficult.
I took some time out for life.

James L. Brooks quotes: Things get very distorted when you do a movie, weirdly so.

Things get very distorted when you do a movie, weirdly so.

James L. Brooks quotes: I have a rule in research: The third time you hear something, it's generally true.

I have a rule in research: The third time you hear something, it's generally true.

James L. Brooks quotes: Honey, lately your low self-esteem is just good common sense

Honey, lately your low self-esteem is just good common sense

James L. Brooks quotes: A lot of things just aren't true any more.

A lot of things just aren't true any more.

James L. Brooks quotes: I think you have a pact with an audience in every picture, and I think the pact is to try and be truthful and to be real.

I think you have a pact with an audience in every picture, and I think the pact is to try and be truthful and to be real.

James L. Brooks quotes: When you work alongside somebody day in and day out, the relationships tend to be wonderful: they're lifelong.

When you work alongside somebody day in and day out, the relationships tend to be wonderful: they're lifelong.

James L. Brooks quotes: I had a marketing idea that everybody hated, decency is sexy.

I had a marketing idea that everybody hated, decency is sexy.

James L. Brooks quotes: You become so obsessed, and that's not a bad thing for a movie. Serve it with that sense that it's the whole world.

You become so obsessed, and that's not a bad thing for a movie. Serve it with that sense that it's the whole world.