Albert Brooks Quotes

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

Money, Nobody, Million

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

Die, Word, Second

All improv turns into anger. All comedy improv basically turns into anger, because that's all people know how to do when they're improvising. If you notice shows that are improvising are generally people yelling at each other.
Albert Brooks

Anger, Comedy, Shows

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.
Albert Brooks

Mind, Sometimes, Actor

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

Best, Person, Lived

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.
Albert Brooks

By the way, movies are like sporting events in that you're as good as the movie you're in. You can sit in a room for 20 years and go do a movie and you can just kill in it and you move to the head of the line again. By the same token, you can do five movies a year and if they're dreck, it's nothing.
Albert Brooks

Good, Movies, Nothing

'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

Play, Said, Read

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.
Albert Brooks

Friendly, Words, Together

Even though my father was a radio comedian, it wasn't cool to say, at a young age, 'I want to be a comedian.'
Albert Brooks

Age, Cool, Father

How many people didn't get a part who would have been better than the person who got the part? Thousands.
Albert Brooks

Person, Thousands

I can't not put humor in a book.
Albert Brooks

Humor, Book, Put

I cast unusual people in my movies.
Albert Brooks

Movies, Unusual, Cast

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

Thinking, Put, Place

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?'
Albert Brooks

Yourself, Goal, Become

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

Funny, Future, Break

I guess 'The Player' was a pretty good L.A. movie. And 'Chinatown.' Was there ever a better L.A. movie about a certain period in L.A.? That was terrific.
Albert Brooks

Good, Pretty, Movie

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 enough.
Albert Brooks

Life, Marriage, Wise

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

Laugh, Start, Making

I like movies about failing.
Albert Brooks

Movies, Failing

I never wanted to be a director.
Albert Brooks

Wanted, Director

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

Big, Compliment, Pig

I think anger and laughter are very close to each other, when you think about it.
Albert Brooks

Anger, Laughter, Close

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

Last, Weekend, Visit

I'd still like to see 'Survivor' minus the planned show-biz parts. That would be the purest form of show business - I want to see someone so hungry that they eat somebody else's foot.
Albert Brooks

Business, Someone, Else

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: July 22, 1947

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