Latest Albert Brooks Quotes from Interviews

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• Someone asked me "what do you think of Donald Trump?" And I said, "I would rather vote for Hillary Clinton in jail." If she gets convicted, I'll vote for her for president.

  Albert Brooks

  Thinking, President, Vote

  Source: collider.com

• In the course of my movies, the financing and the releasing were always the tough part. Because I loved the creative, I loved the writing, I loved the making of it. Because I guess, I never had the giant blockbuster, I never got that sort of ease for the next one. So the next one was always, "how am I going to do this?" And that thing was sort of always the thing that made me a little chickenshit to go into the next one. The writing of it was great and the making of it was great, but how am I going to release this thing and am I going to find a studio?

  Albert Brooks

  Writing, Creative, Tough

  Source: collider.com

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

  Albert Brooks

  Surprise, Surprise Me

  Source: collider.com

• You make friends with older people and you always feel young no matter what.

  Albert Brooks

  People, Matter, Young

  "‘This is 40’: Judd Apatow & Cast Talk Growing Up, LOST, & Cursing Kids". Interview with Tiffany Rose, screenrant.com. December 14, 2012.

• What naturally stops you making the film is there is no more money in the budget. That's really what it is. If you had an unlimited budget, if you were a billionaire and you financed your own movies, then you can either date, because you can sit in an editing room for six years, like Howard Hughes, and never finish anything.

  Albert Brooks

  Editing, Years, Rooms

  "Q&A: Albert Brooks talks ‘Drive,’ awards love, the problem with twitter and Judd Apatow". Interview with Gregory Ellwood, uproxx.com. December 21, 2011.

• I'm a big consumer of news and I have my six newspaper sites booked. And what I like bout Twitter is it's almost, it allows me to make a comment about something that's just on my mind.

  Albert Brooks

  Mind, News, Six

  "Q&A: Albert Brooks talks ‘Drive,’ awards love, the problem with twitter and Judd Apatow". Interview with Gregory Ellwood, uproxx.com. December 21, 2011.

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

  Albert Brooks

  Men, Film, Process

  "Q&A: Albert Brooks talks ‘Drive,’ awards love, the problem with twitter and Judd Apatow". Interview with Gregory Ellwood, uproxx.com. December 21, 2011.

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

  Albert Brooks

  Stupid, Likes

  "Q&A: Albert Brooks talks ‘Drive,’ awards love, the problem with twitter and Judd Apatow". Interview with Gregory Ellwood, uproxx.com. December 21, 2011.

• Regrets are stupid; they don't mean anything and they don't add up to anything.

  Albert Brooks

  Regret, Stupid, Mean

  Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 31, 2011.

• For the most part, improvising while cameras are rolling is very difficult. 99% of people you should never ask to do that, because they're under pressure, the clock is running, 80 people are staring at you...it's always unnatural.

  Albert Brooks

  Running, People, Pressure

• When you improvise on the spot, people are very reluctant to have soft moments or quiet moments or sad moments because they're trying to fill up the spaces. So they always go towards, "How come you're late?! You're supposed to have my shirt ready! You call this a dry cleaner?!" That's what happens. That's why improvising on the spot gets very dicey.

  Albert Brooks

  Quiet Moments, Space, People

  "Albert Brooks Talks DRIVE, TAXI DRIVER, Improvising, Future Projects, Where’s the DEFENDING YOUR LIFE Blu-ray & Turning Down Roles". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 31, 2011.