Albert Brooks Quotes

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• When I was younger, I wasn't concentrating on good days. I was managing a career and trying to have a good year. It would always 'lead' to something, which never leads to anything except death, where everything leads to. And then as I got older, and then I had my kids and everything, I began to appreciate a great Wednesday.

  Albert Brooks

  Good Day, Kids, Good Years

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• Fear is like a giant fog. It sits on your brain and blocks everything - real feelings, true happiness, real joy. They can't get through that fog. But you lift it, and buddy, you're in for the ride of your life.

  Albert Brooks

  Life, Happiness, Fear

  "Fictional character: Bob Diamond". "Defending Your Life", www.imdb.com. March 22, 1991.

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

  Albert Brooks

  Fun, Glasses, Hands

  Twitter post from Jul 22, 2011

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

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  Weekend, Sweaters, Kashmir

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• Wouldn't this be a great world if insecurity and desperation made us more attractive?

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  Insecurity, World, Desperation

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

  Albert Brooks

  Dating, Trouble, Enough

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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, they'll have to reevaluate me.

  Albert Brooks

  Talking, Life And Death, Gone

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• When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up.

  Albert Brooks

  Firsts, Thongs, Screwed Up

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I've always enjoyed stories that take place in the future but my one disappointment was that the future books described never came. We're not on other planets, there are no flying cars, and the only robots we have in our homes just sweep the floor. So I wanted to write about a future that I thought could really happen. People ask me when I tell them the title of the book, 'Are we all dead?' The good news is, no. We're still here. And I even think the future in my book is strangely hopeful, although I'm sure there will be people who strongly disagree.

  Albert Brooks

  Disappointment, Book, Home

  "Albert Brooks Wrote a Novel About The Future. He’s A Comedian. It’s Kind Of Funny. But Also: Good" by Jesse Kornbluth, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 5, 2011.

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

  Albert Brooks

  Surprise, Surprise Me

  Source: collider.com

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• A lot of alliteration from anxious anchors placed in powerful posts!

  Albert Brooks

  Powerful, Anchors, Anxious

  "Broadcast News", www.imdb.com. 1987.

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

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  Powerful, Thinking, Brain

  "Albert Brooks: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 2011.

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• I've always felt like I work in a small little area that doesn't represent anything like the rest of society.

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  Society, Littles, Areas

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

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  Writing, Magic, Want

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• Relaxation is the absence of worry.

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  Worry, Relaxation, Absence

  "Albert Brooks: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 2011.

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• I got so good at writing to a budget, my brain was restricting myself. I'd write, "It's a stormy night." Then I'd cross out stormy. I'd write: "It's a calm night." Then I'd cross out night. It's noon. Because you know how much night costs. You know how much rain costs. Nothing comes free in movies.

  Albert Brooks

  Rain, Writing, Night

  "Albert Brooks: What I've Learned". Esquire, "The Meaning of Life" issue, www.esquire.com. January 2011.

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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.

  Albert Brooks

  Couple, Class, Insecurity

  "Auteur Albert Brooks Feels the "Drive". Interview with Jenelle Riley, www.backstage.com. September 14, 2011.

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• I don't want to be the one to break it to you, but the future ain't that funny.

  Albert Brooks

  Want, Break

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• I've never been disappointed, because I've never given somebody I liked that much power.

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  Given, Disappointed

  "Albert Brooks: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 2011.

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

  Albert Brooks

  Being The Best, Best Person, Persons

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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.

  Albert Brooks

  Thinking, Play, Casting

  "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.

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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 watch.

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  Hollywood, Watches, Screenwriters

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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 life that doesn't exist and feeling like you're far away from it.

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  Feelings, Like You, Far Away

  "Albert Brooks: What I've Learned". Esquire, "The Meaning of Life" issue, www.esquire.com. January 2011.

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• Bullfights are hugely popular because you can sit comfortably with a hot dog and possibly watch a man die. It wont be me, but I can sit comfortably and watch it.

  Albert Brooks

  Dog, Men, Hot

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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 that. So I waited a long time to meet the right person. Then I finally met someone that I was willing to be divorced from.

  Albert Brooks

  Divorce, Long, Want

  "Albert Brooks: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 2011.

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