American - Producer | May 9, 1940 -
Great things that can happen when you're doing a movie.
James L. Brooks
GreatDoingYouGreat ThingsHappen
Tone is up for grabs in what we do - what's the tone of the scene.
UpToneScene
I think you have a pact with an audience in every picture, and I think the pact is to try and be truthful and to be real.
ThinkPictureYouTryRealAudience
What does it mean for an actor to make a part his own? It means that he takes on what you had intended and starts to put in his own stuff so that it becomes something that could only happen if he played it.
YouActorMeanHappenOwnSomething
I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy.
LoveRomanticThinkComedyYouIdea
Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie!
GreatAppreciationAliveFreshKids
I have a lot of nightmares.
NightmaresLot
I've done it with Broadcast News-where there was no finish line, there was no agenda that I had to move all the characters to this point, that I was sort of open to what happens.
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A lot of things just aren't true any more.
TrueMoreThingsJustLotAny
I always fight hard to push a movie to the point where it pulls me.
FightMePushHardAlwaysPoint
Linking up the things you were with the things you become is what growing up is.
Growing UpYouGrowingBecomeUp
I have a rule in research: The third time you hear something, it's generally true.
TimeResearchYouTrueSomething
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