Quotes by Albert Brooks

About Albert Brooks:

Albert Lawrence Brooks is an American actor, writer, comedian, and director. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 1987's Broadcast News. His voice acting credits include Marlin the clownfish in Disney/Pixar's 2003 computer-animated film Finding Nemo, and recurring guest voices for the animated television series The Simpsons, including Russ Cargill in The Simpsons Movie (2007). Additionally, he has written, directed and starred in several comedy films such as Modern Romance (1981), Lost in America (1985) and Defending Your Life (1991) and is the author of the satire 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America (2011).
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I had a very wise person tell me that he thinks marriage, when you're younger, you keep thinking you can fix things. That's what people do. And you can't really fix anything. It shouldn't be a massive difficult thing every day. Life's difficult enoug...

Albert Brooks

If we had 3 million exhibitionists and only one voyeur, nobody could make any money.

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Nobody will leave any place unless they're forced out. That's the nature of humans. Once you're there, you're there. I've never seen anybody get up voluntarily and leave any place.

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I cast unusual people in my movies.

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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 Canaveral, it didn't take off.

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I like movies about failing.

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I've always been in the middle of making my own movies, so taking acting jobs that take me away from that has been impossible.

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It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than by 60 million for something you're not.

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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.

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

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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 is friendly - it's the least offensive word in our language.

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Twitter is the Devil's playground.

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There's always the standard six people you can hire that have played all these villains in Hollywood. Instinctively, when they come on screen, you know what's going to happen. You don't know the story, but you know what they do.

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As an actor, if you're just sitting and staring and you don't know who you are in your own mind, it's vacant. And sometimes the camera is an X-ray machine, it can pick it up.

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

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I take anything other than 'you big pig!' as a compliment.

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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 to express yourself?'

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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,' you've won.

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I've always been the king of silence. I've always been a minimalist comedian. I've taken my influence from Jack Benny, who was the king of that... I've always done 'less is more.'

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Steven Spielberg seems to have wanted to be a director from 13. He put his dog in a certain position and made him eat at four o'clock. He liked to direct it. But, to me, directing is tedious. Especially if you're acting in it. And I'm inherently lazy...

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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 me, but I can sit comfortably and watch it.

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Author Bio

  • NameAlbert Brooks
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, writer, director and comedian
  • AliasesAlbert Lawrence Brooks
  • BornJuly 22, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Director; Screenwriter; Writer