214 Quotes by Albert Brooks

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.

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

I've always been in the middle of making my own movies, so taking acting jobs that take me away from that has been impossible.

I've done performances in movies that I was immensely proud of and the movies didn't take off like a rocket at Cape Canaveral, it didn't take off.

If I'm going to act in someone's movie, I want the movie to be interesting and be able to get a couple of solid doubles.

If you want to be a writer, just write. There's no magic to it.

If you're going to act and do this for a living, you want to play something that the audience didn't expect.

In my screenplays - from the very beginning I've always used tape. I talk my screenplays. And then have somebody transcribe them.

It's interesting when you're part of a group - the Jews, to be exact - that the world has had such problems with.