Albert Brooks Quotes
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.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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Age for me is just a number.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.
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Oracle is obsessed with security. It's an absolute requirement for all our products. The real security issue is when customers take older products that were not built for the Internet, and kind of rack them and put them on the Internet.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Twenty is a wonderful age for things to be sparked.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
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One of the few benefits of being a journalist is that you're not in the Army.
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Italy advocates the adoption of a legal instrument on cultural diversity, guaranteeing every country the protection of its own historical identity and the uniqueness of its physical and intangible cultural heritage.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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Women just love to shop.
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Deep inside, I was hoping I'd win: The competition was tough, but I learned from other's mistakes.
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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation.
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I had a sort of classic moment when a friend of mine rang up and said she'd just been to a funeral, and in the middle of the eulogy, this kid had taken out the phone and had a whole proper text conversation - while everyone was weeping!
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I'm a very sympathetic person, but that doesn't always come across in my work because I'm too busy being mad at everything.
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The mistake people that want to be actors make is to move to New York or L.A. right away. But it's like... go act somewhere first. Be an actor. A story is a story, and an audience is an audience, no matter where you're doing it.
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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.
