Quotes by Albert Brooks

Albert Brooks

‘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.

Casting

Play

Thinking

Acceptance is going to a restaurant where the salad’s not great, but the steak is fine.

Acceptance

Salad

Steak

Being a screenwriter in Hollywood is like being a eunuch at an orgy. Worse, actually, at least the eunuch is allowed to watch.

Hollywood

Screenwriters

Watches

Don’t worry, and don’t kick yourself forever. Just take the opportunities when they come.

Fun

Opportunity

Worry

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

Fun

Glasses

Hands

I can’t not put humor in a book.

Book

I Can

I come from the place where I am thinking ‘I have put my blood on the pages.’

Blood

Pages

Thinking

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.

Night

Rain

Writing

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

Bigs

Compliment

Pigs

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

Kashmir

Sweaters

Weekend

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Acceptance

Actors

Areas

Audience

Bigger

Bigs

Blood

Book

Brain

Cameras

Capes

Careers

Casting

Character

Class

Coats

Comedy

Compliment

Couple

Creative

Cutting

Dating

Desperation

Details

Directors

Disappointed

Disappointment

Done

Editing

Enough

Entertainment

Exhibitionist

Fans

Firsts

Flying

Fun

Funeral

Given

Glasses

Good Day

Good Years

Groups

Hands

Hollywood

Home

Houston

I Can

Ifs

Insecurity

Interesting

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Quotes by Albert Brooks

Albert Brooks

‘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.

Acceptance is going to a restaurant where the salad’s not great, but the steak is fine.

Being a screenwriter in Hollywood is like being a eunuch at an orgy. Worse, actually, at least the eunuch is allowed to watch.

Don’t worry, and don’t kick yourself forever. Just take the opportunities when they come.

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

I can’t not put humor in a book.

I come from the place where I am thinking ‘I have put my blood on the pages.’

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

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

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