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Albert Brooks Biography

Albert Lawrence Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein; July 22, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 1987's Broadcast News and was widely praised for his performance in the 2011 film Drive. His voice acting credits include Marlin in Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016), and recurring guest voices for The Simpsons, including Russ Cargill in The Simpsons Movie (2007). He has directed, written, and starred in several comedy films, such as Modern Romance (1981), Lost in America (1985), and Defending Your Life (1991). He is also the author of 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America (2011).

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

Entertainment, Like, Toothpaste, Trying

I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician who knows who is in the Iowa caucus.

Academy, Caucus, Iowa, Member, Members, Politician

Relaxation is the absence of worry.

Absence, Relaxation, Worry

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.

Certain, Chinatown, Periods, Player, Terrific

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

Friends, Make, Matter, People, Young

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.

Cameras, Part, People, Running

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

Exhibitionist, Ifs, Million, Millions, Nobody, Voyeur

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.

Comment, Mind, News, Six

You never do a movie and not want it to work. You accept whatever it is. You have to, but nobody in their right mind would not want the movie to be getting talked about at the end of the year.

Accept, Mind, Movie, Talked, Want, Years

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.

Brain, Mosaics, Paint, Part, Writing

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.

Actors, Class, Couple, Insecurity, Take

I'm not interesting enough on my own that you'd want to see a film about me.

Enough, Film, Interesting, Want

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

Anger, Close, Laughter, Think, Thinking

Twitter, to me, works if you're funny. Twitter doesn't work as a promotional tool unless you do it very, very, very occasionally.

Funny, Ifs, Occasionally, Tool, Tools, Twitter

My mother was supportive without knowing it. Deep down she wanted all the right things, she just didn't see the world like I did, and she's not supposed to.

Deep, Knowing, Mother, Right, Supportive

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

Age, Comedian, Father, Radio, Say, Though

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.

Gone, Happens, Life And Death, Reevaluate, Talking, Woman

The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable.

Brainpower, Change, Changeable, Want, Waste

What do you think the Devil is going to look like if he's around? Nobody is going to be taken in if he has a long, red, pointy tail. No. I'm semi-serious here. He will look attractive and he will be nice and helpful and he will get a job where he influences a great God-fearing nation and he will never do an evil thing. . . he will just bit by little bit lower standards where they are important. Just coax along flash over substance. . . Just a tiny bit. And he will talk about all of us really being salesmen. And he'll get all the great women.

Helpful, Jobs, Like, Look, Nice, Taken

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

Being The Best, Best Person, Generous, Lived, Person, Persons

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