Albert Brooks Quotes

'Drive' came to me because the casting director knew my manager and called and said, 'You've always talked to me about Albert wanting to play the heavy. I think he should read this.' My ears just perked up.

Albert Brooks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 22, 1947

Topics

MeDriveThinkYouPlayManager

I spend a lot of time with Buddhists. I'm not a Buddhist, but their relationship with death interests me.

Joan Baez

RelationshipTimeDeathMeSpend

I have two different categories of favorite films. One is the emotional favorites, which means these are generally films that I saw when I was a kid; anything you see in your formative years is more powerful, because it really stays with you forever. The second category is films that I saw while I was learning the craft of motion pictures.

John Carpenter

LearningYouPowerfulPicturesCraft

I think that the EU with the Lisbon agenda has put the right emphasis on growth and employment.

Angela Merkel

GrowthThinkRightEmploymentAgenda

I want music to move me, and I don't think it can do that without at least a link to tonality. It's the tug between atonal and tonal which makes music poignant.

Stephen Hough

MusicMeThinkWantWithoutMove

In an age robbed of religious symbols, going to the shops replaces going to the church. We have a free choice, but at a price. We can win experience, but never achieve innocence. Marx knew that the epic activities of the modern world involve not lance and sword but dry goods.

Stephen Bayley

AgeExperienceWinWorldFreeSword

I'm really quite happy to say that in my early 40s, I wake up feeling sexy, and I can't say I felt that way in my late 20s.

Tori Amos

HappyWake UpSexyEarlyLateSay

I'm not willing to drag my fans down a road I don't believe in. That's just my one little principle. I've only got one, and that's it.

Ron White

RoadBelieveDownLittleFansJust

Corn is an efficient way to get energy calories off the land and soybeans are an efficient way of getting protein off the land, so we've designed a food system that produces a lot of cheap corn and soybeans resulting in a lot of cheap fast food.

Michael Pollan

FoodEnergyFastWayFast FoodLand

'Dance India Dance' is family to me. I actually miss the madness whenever the season is not on air.

Mithun Chakraborty

FamilyDanceMeMadnessIndiaAir

I love Eminem, I love Moby. Why can't we just be friends?

Chris Kirkpatrick

LoveFriendsWhyJustJust BeMoby

For every rockabilly festival staged here, there are 10 held overseas.

Brian Setzer

HereEveryFestivalRockabillyHeld

As a kid, I watched a lot of TV.

Ari Graynor

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