Becoming Quote by Owen Wilson
![“James L.Brooks is just a very original person. So that was definitely the luckiest, most important thing that happened to me [meeting him]. Then I guess also meeting Ben Stiller. He cast me in the only thing I think I ever auditioned for and got: Cable Guy [1996]. And that led to us becoming…” quote by Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5f5/owen-wilson-10973_becoming_james-l-brooks-is-just-a-very-original-p_1193104.jpg)
“James L.Brooks is just a very original person. So that was definitely the luckiest, most important thing that happened to me [meeting him]. Then I guess also meeting Ben Stiller. He cast me in the only thing I think I ever auditioned for and got: Cable Guy [1996]. And that led to us becoming friends.”
![“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. I think Wes [Anderson] and I…” quote by Owen Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/980/owen-wilson-10973_able_and-james-l-brooks-then-sort-of-became-o_365849.jpg)
![“I put myself on tape and the cool thing was that Martin Scorsese had never heard of me. He had never seen [Everybody Loves Raymond]. I was just an unknown actor to him. I don't want to sound conceited, like he has to know who I am, but that seemed a little odd. He's a film genius. He doesn't watch…” quote by Ray Romano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/309/ray-romano-3515_actors_i-put-myself-on-tape-and-the-cool-thing_1097035.jpg)
![“One of my oldest friends from Kansas, his sister was married to Ben [Folds] and wrote lyrics on his first couple of albums. I got to meet him the first time I saw them in concert at The Bottleneck, a great bar in Lawrence, Kansas. Then, he was the musical guest my first or second week as a writer…” quote by Jason Sudeikis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/121/jason-sudeikis-20098_albums_one-of-my-oldest-friends-from-kansas-his_3077970.jpg)
