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Albert Brooks Quotes & Sayings

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It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than by 60 million for something you're not. — Albert Brooks

I've seen the future! It's a bald-headed man from New York! — Albert Brooks

Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive? — Albert Brooks

Donald Trump announces this morning that he will run for president. His hair will announce on Friday. — Albert Brooks

Albert Brooks is definitely one of my biggest influences, for sure. — Jonah Hill

I've always felt like I work in a small little area that doesn't represent anything like the rest of society. — Albert Brooks

You know, I became a director out of necessity. I was writing comedies, and I couldn't find anybody to deliver it correctly. — Albert Brooks

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. — Albert Brooks

I was in Kashmir last weekend. Went to visit one of my sweaters. — Albert Brooks

I think anger and laughter are very close to each other, when you think about it. — Albert Brooks

Twitter is the Devil's playground. — Albert Brooks

I don't want to be the one to break it to you, but the future ain't that funny. — Albert Brooks

I'm a big fan of Albert Brooks, Nichols and May. I'd like to follow in their footsteps and do comedy films. — Illeana Douglas

I'm not a big fan of the post-Armageddon stories, where Denzel Washington is walking around in a torn coat. — Albert Brooks

In my screenplays - from the very beginning I've always used tape. I talk my screenplays. And then have somebody transcribe them. — Albert Brooks

How many people didn't get a part who would have been better than the person who got the part? Thousands. — Albert Brooks

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

When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up. — Albert Brooks

There's nothing funny about flying to Houston. — Albert Brooks

You always got to be happy when somebody likes what you do. It's stupid not to be happy. — Albert Brooks

If anything happens to me, tell every woman I've ever gone with I was talking about her at the end. That way, they'll have to reevaluate me. — Albert Brooks

Starting to drink now in preparation for New Years. No more last minute stuff like Christmas. — Albert Brooks

I'm not Elvis. I don't get chased by paparazzi. — Albert Brooks

In the beginning of any career, in every job, people are always forcing you to the middle. — Albert Brooks

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. — Albert Brooks

I don't experience basic human emotions. It's not my thing. — Albert Brooks

I'm not interesting enough on my own that you'd want to see a film about me. — Albert Brooks

I take anything other than 'you big pig!' as a compliment. — Albert Brooks

If we had 3 million exhibitionists and only one voyeur, nobody could make any money. — Albert Brooks

I don't think the goal is, 'How big a star did you ever become?' I think the goal is, 'Were you able to express yourself?' — Albert Brooks

I, sort of, got into comedy accidentally, and it got bigger than I wanted it to. — Albert Brooks

Excited about Black Friday. Also excited about Jew Tuesday. — Albert Brooks

I've been to many funerals of funny people, and they're some of the funniest days you'll ever have, because the emotions run high. — Albert Brooks

Acceptance is going to a restaurant where the salad's not great, but the steak is fine. — Albert Brooks

If you're going to act and do this for a living, you want to play something that the audience didn't expect. — Albert Brooks

So I think if you're happy with your brain, you're powerful. — Albert Brooks

If you make your robot look exactly like Albert Einstein, then the robot better be as smart as Einstein, or its user is going to feel cheated. — Rodney Brooks

I cast unusual people in my movies. — Albert Brooks

Relaxation is the absence of worry. — Albert Brooks

I just like making people laugh, and buried in that I like to bring up topics and start discussions. — Albert Brooks

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

I never wanted to be a director. — Albert Brooks

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. — Albert Brooks

I come from the place where I am thinking 'I have put my blood on the pages.' — Albert Brooks

If you want to be a writer, just write. There's no magic to it. — Albert Brooks

You can equate acting to a tennis game: When you're playing one of the best, you get better. — Albert Brooks

I would like Albert Brooks to have received the Oscars for best actor, best director and best screenplay for 'Modern Romance.' I love that movie. — Andy Kindler

Getting older is a lot of fun. Right up there with chewing glass or putting your hand in a blender. — Albert Brooks

It's interesting when you're part of a group - the Jews, to be exact - that the world has had such problems with. — Albert Brooks

Don't worry, and don't kick yourself forever. Just take the opportunities when they come. — Albert Brooks

Movies are an expensive business. — Albert Brooks

I'm a strong fellow. — Albert Brooks

My friends that are snobs think its cool I did a movie with Albert Brooks. — Robin Tunney

Your spouse should be just attractive enough to turn you on. Anything more is trouble. — Albert Brooks

Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived. — Albert Brooks

You make friends with older people and you always feel young no matter what. — Albert Brooks

Film is the cheapest part of the movie making process. The expense is the 100-man crew and the financing and everything. — Albert Brooks

The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable. — Albert Brooks

Even though my father was a radio comedian, it wasn't cool to say, at a young age, 'I want to be a comedian.' — Albert Brooks

Most entertainment is trying to get you. It's tested, like toothpaste. — Albert Brooks

You know, when cameras are rolling, improvisation doesn't feel natural. The pressure is too great. You're on a time schedule. You've got 60 crewmen. — Albert Brooks

If I'm going to act in someone's movie, I want the movie to be interesting and be able to get a couple of solid doubles. — Albert Brooks

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. — Albert Brooks

Being a screenwriter in Hollywood is like being a eunuch at an orgy. Worse, actually, at least the eunuch is allowed to watch. — Albert Brooks

I can't not put humor in a book. — Albert Brooks

Twitter, to me, works if you're funny. Twitter doesn't work as a promotional tool unless you do it very, very, very occasionally. — Albert Brooks

A lot of alliteration from anxious anchors placed in powerful posts! — Albert Brooks

I like movies about failing. — Albert Brooks

Art and resistance are great together. That's what art's made for. Look at Vincent van Gogh: He didn't cut off his ear because he was selling well. — Albert Brooks