Albert Brooks quotes

Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived. (Albert Brooks)
As an actor, if you're just sitting and staring and you don't know who you are in your own mind, it's vacant. And sometimes the camera is an X-ray machine, it can pick it up. View quote
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I think anger and laughter are very close to each other, when you think about it. View quote
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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.' View quote
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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?' View quote
Albert Brooks
I was in Kashmir last weekend. Went to visit one of my sweaters. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't want to be the one to break it to you, but the future ain't that funny. View quote
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'Drive' came to me because the casting director knew my manager and called and said, 'You've always talked to me about Albert wanting to play the heavy. I think he should read this.' My ears just perked up. View quote
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You know, I became a director out of necessity. I was writing comedies, and I couldn't find anybody to deliver it correctly. View quote
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I'm not a big fan of the post-Armageddon stories, where Denzel Washington is walking around in a torn coat. (Albert Brooks)
If we had 3 million exhibitionists and only one voyeur, nobody could make any money. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I take anything other than 'you big pig!' as a compliment. View quote
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Steven Spielberg seems to have wanted to be a director from 13. He put his dog in a certain position and made him eat at four o'clock. He liked to direct it. But, to me, directing is tedious. Especially if you're acting in it. And I'm inherently lazy. View quote
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In my screenplays - from the very beginning I've always used tape. I talk my screenplays. And then have somebody transcribe them. View quote
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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)
I cast unusual people in my movies. View quote
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I just like making people laugh, and buried in that I like to bring up topics and start discussions. View quote
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I'm not Elvis. I don't get chased by paparazzi. View quote
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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. View quote
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