Albert Brooks Quotes: It’s better to be known by six…

It's better to be known by six people for something you're proud of than by 60 million for something you're not.

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Bullfights are hugely popular because you can sit comfortably with a hot dog and possibly watch a man die. It won't be me, but I can sit comfortably and watch it.
Albert Brooks

Even if you didn't see the movie, you'd see two words you'd never seen put together before - comedy and Muslim. Comedy is friendly - it's the least offensive word in our language.
Albert Brooks

But I thought, what could I do in a teeny way -- and believe me, it's a teeny way -- to defuse this There had to be some way to separate the 1.5 billion people who don't want to kill us from the 100,000 or so who do. I thought if I could get five Muslims and six Hindus and maybe 3 Jews to laugh for 90 minutes, then I've accomplished something.
Albert Brooks

if we actually find advanced life on another planet whether they'll be as obsessed with their own genitals as we are.
Albert Brooks

The whole world is tense. Everybody gets the international news. There's been no American comedy at all that even remotely addresses the subject in any way. My goal isn't to solve the world's problems. My character wasn't even able to do his assignment. But the premise of wanting to find out about somebody -- other than the stuff that the CIA will tell you -- there's no hope unless we do that.
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This was enormously challenging, because it involved filling 120 blank pages with an actual story and words people say.
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But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them.
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