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Portrait of Albert Brooks

Albert Brooks

(1947) Actor United States

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Albert Brooks is an actor from the United States, best known for 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America.

Quick Facts About Albert Brooks

Born: July 22, 1947
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor
Notable works: 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America
Known for: The Simpsons, Finding Nemo
Spouse: Kimberly Brooks

About Albert Brooks

He received praise for his role in the action drama Drive (2011) and has acted in many films, including Taxi Driver (1976), Private Benjamin (1980), Unfaithfully Yours (1984), Out of Sight (1998), My First Mister (2001) and Concussion (2015). He also wrote, directed and starred in comedies such as Modern Romance (1981), Lost in America (1985) and Defending Your Life (1991). In 2011 he published the book 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America.

Quotes by Albert Brooks · Page 2

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

Cinema

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

Brain

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Excited about Black Friday. Also excited about Jew Tuesday.

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

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

Entertainment

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

Kashmir

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Nothing surprises me. After Donald Trump, nothing matters, does it?

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

Audience

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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…

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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…

Comedy

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

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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…

Cameras

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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…

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

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If anything happens to me, tell every woman I've ever gone with I was talking about her at the end. That way,…

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Bullfights are hugely popular because you can sit comfortably with a hot dog and possibly watch a man die. It won't be…

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Even if you didn't see the movie, you'd see two words you'd never seen put together before - comedy and Muslim. Comedy…

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I'm not a person who I ever thought would do well with divorce. Not that it can't happen. I just didn't want…

Divorce

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My friend Harry Nilsson used to say the definition of an artist was someone who rode way ahead of the herd and…

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I don't know that I can define fear. But one of the sources of fear is holding up some sort of model…

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I was offered 'Pretty Woman.' I was offered 'Big' and 'Dead Poets Society.' But what was important to me in those years…

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For the most part, improvising while cameras are rolling is very difficult. 99% of people you should never ask to do that,…

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One of the things I like about a character: I always think it's fascinating when a character can turn on a dime…

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

Being the best

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

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

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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.

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

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If you paint, write, do mosaics, knit - if it's solving that part of your brain saying, 'I need to do this,'…

Ability

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

Career

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

Funny

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

Christmas

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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.

Armageddon

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

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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…

Academy

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

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

Aging

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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…

Age

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

Eunuchs

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