Quotes for All
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. Albert Brooks
Regrets are stupid; they don’t mean anything and they don’t add up to anything. Albert Brooks
You always got to be happy when somebody likes what you do. It’s stupid not to be happy. Albert Brooks
When you improvise on the spot, people are very reluctant to have soft moments or quiet moments or sad moments because they’re trying to fill up the spaces. So they always go towards, How come you’re late?! You’re supposed to have my shirt ready! You call this a dry cleaner?! That’s what happens. That’s why … Read more
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. Albert Brooks
Film is the cheapest part of the movie making process. The expense is the 100-man crew and the financing and everything. Albert Brooks
What naturally stops you making the film is there is no more money in the budget. That’s really what it is. If you had an unlimited budget, if you were a billionaire and you financed your own movies, then you can either date, because you can sit in an editing room for six years, like … Read more
In the course of my movies, the financing and the releasing were always the tough part. Because I loved the creative, I loved the writing, I loved the making of it. Because I guess, I never had the giant blockbuster, I never got that sort of ease for the next one. So the next one … Read more
I’ve been to many funerals of funny people, and they’re some of the funniest days you’ll ever have, because the emotions run high. Albert Brooks
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. Albert Brooks