--- title: "3 Brooks Quotes By Owen Wilson" description: "3 Brooks quotes by Owen Wilson. Plus more from Owen Wilson and more Brooks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/owen-wilson-10973_able_and-james-l-brooks-then-sort-of-became-o_365849.png" --- > [And James L. Brooks then sort of became our mentor, brought us out to Los Angeles and worked on the script for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/and-james-l-brooks-then-sort-of-became-our-mentor-brought-us-out-to/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/980/owen-wilson-10973_able_and-james-l-brooks-then-sort-of-became-o_365849.png) > [James L.Brooks is just a very original person. So that was definitely the luckiest, most important thing that happened to me \[meeting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/james-l-brooks-is-just-a-very-original-person-so-that-was-definitely/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/owen-wilson-10973_becoming_james-l-brooks-is-just-a-very-original-p_1193104.png) > [ I think for Wes \[Anderson\] and me, the most important thing was James L. Brooks producing our first movie and giving us… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/i-think-for-wes-anderson-and-me-the-most-important-thing-was-james-l/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95c/owen-wilson-10973_brooks_i-think-for-wes-anderson-and-me-the-most_1634927.png) ## Other authors on Brooks ## More by Owen Wilson > [That's the thing about friendship, it's a lot rarer than love, because there is nothing in it for any body.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/that-s-the-thing-about-friendship-it-s-a-lot-rarer-than-love-because/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) > [I always think about Katharine Graham - she was the publisher of The Washington Post. In her autobiography she talks about the way her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/i-always-think-about-katharine-graham-she-was-the-publisher-of-the/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) > [We didn't know what the reception was going to be when we walked out on the runway, but it felt like we were in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/we-didn-t-know-what-the-reception-was-going-to-be-when-we-walked-out/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) > [You know how they say we only use 10 percent of our brains? I think we only use 10 percent of our hearts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/you-know-how-they-say-we-only-use-10-percent-of-our-brains-i-think-we/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) > [Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/movies-i-liked-growing-up-were-like-francis-ford-coppolla-movies-and/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) > [I have never taken myself that seriously as an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/i-have-never-taken-myself-that-seriously-as-an-actor/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) > [And James L. Brooks then sort of became our mentor, brought us out to Los Angeles and worked on the script for a year…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/and-james-l-brooks-then-sort-of-became-our-mentor-brought-us-out-to/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) > [There's what is on screen and then for us, it's if you get along with the people and enjoy showing up at work.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/there-s-what-is-on-screen-and-then-for-us-it-s-if-you-get-along-with/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) > [Film is definitely a director's medium. They're responsible for the look and everything, and you're a part of that process as an actor, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/film-is-definitely-a-director-s-medium-they-re-responsible-for-the/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) > [You can't get too attached to any one shampoo. And conditioner, also.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/you-can-t-get-too-attached-to-any-one-shampoo-and-conditioner-also/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) > [Being in a bathtub with Jackie Chan, I don't know, it has a way of bonding you I'll tell you that. I don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/being-in-a-bathtub-with-jackie-chan-i-don-t-know-it-has-a-way-of/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) > [Hansel is certainly about comfort, while still sort of having a peacock principle of wanting to attract attention.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/hansel-is-certainly-about-comfort-while-still-sort-of-having-a/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) > [I love Francis Bacon. I just saw a great Jackson Pollock exhibit at the Dallas Museum when I was home for Thanksgiving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/i-love-francis-bacon-i-just-saw-a-great-jackson-pollock-exhibit-at/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) > [The Australian accent just a very lovely accent and it doesn't have the pretention maybe of an English accent, but yet seems a little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/the-australian-accent-just-a-very-lovely-accent-and-it-doesn-t-have/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) > [My roommate in college in Austin, Texas, was Wes Anderson. Wes always wanted to be a director. I was an English major in college,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/owen-wilson/my-roommate-in-college-in-austin-texas-was-wes-anderson-wes-always/) [Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/owen-wilson/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brooks/owen-wilson/#itemlist", "name": "3 Brooks Quotes By Owen Wilson", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And James L. Brooks then sort of became our mentor, brought us out to Los Angeles and worked on the script for a year with us. We learned so much working with him - just being able to spend time with him, the quality of his mind, the things he comes up with and says. 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