Albert Brooks
Albert Brooks
Albert Lawrence Brooksis an American actor, filmmaker and comedian. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 1987's Broadcast News. His voice acting credits include Marlin in Finding Nemoand Finding Dory, and recurring guest voices for The Simpsons, including Russ Cargill in The Simpsons Movie. Additionally, he has directed, written, and starred in several comedy films, such as Modern Romance, Lost in America, and Defending Your Lifeand is the author of 2030: The Real Story of What...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth22 July 1947
CityBeverly Hills, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Art and resistance are great together. That's what art's made for. Look at Vincent van Gogh: He didn't cut off his ear because he was selling well.
I have children. I have a family to support. But I really could live in a one-room apartment, as long as the television worked. I never needed anything. Just a comfortable chair and I'm fine.
Film is the cheapest part of the movie making process. The expense is the 100-man crew and the financing and everything.
I'm not interesting enough on my own that you'd want to see a film about me.
There's nothing funny about flying to Houston.
I don't want to be the one to break it to you, but the future ain't that funny.
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.
You can equate acting to a tennis game: When you're playing one of the best, you get better.
Most entertainment is trying to get you. It's tested, like toothpaste.
Being a screenwriter in Hollywood is like being a eunuch at an orgy. Worse, actually, at least the eunuch is allowed to watch.
You always got to be happy when somebody likes what you do. It's stupid not to be happy.
Starting to drink now in preparation for New Years. No more last minute stuff like Christmas.
Donald Trump announces this morning that he will run for president. His hair will announce on Friday.
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.