214 Quotes by Albert Brooks

One of the things I like about a character: I always think it's fascinating when a character can turn on a dime and go from one emotion to another. I like watching that.

Well, you know, with every character, if you're going to expose yourself, you've got to figure out every detail that you're going to play. So there's no character that you can just go put on his shirt and be fully prepared.

I'm not Elvis. I don't get chased by paparazzi.

I, sort of, got into comedy accidentally, and it got bigger than I wanted it to.

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

How many people didn't get a part who would have been better than the person who got the part? Thousands.

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 just like making people laugh, and buried in that I like to bring up topics and start discussions.