James L. Brooks Quotes and Sayings
- Name:
- James L. Brooks (random)
- Books & Videos:
- James L. Brooks Books & Videos
- Type:
- Producer
- Nationality:
- American
- Birth Date / Year:
- May 9, 1940
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A lot of things just aren't true any more. James L. Brooks | Refcard PDF ↑
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Great things that can happen when you're doing a movie. James L. Brooks | Refcard PDF ↑
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I had a marketing idea that everybody hated, decency is sexy. James L. Brooks | Refcard PDF ↑
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I have a lot of nightmares. James L. Brooks | Refcard PDF ↑
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I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy. James L. Brooks | Refcard PDF ↑
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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. James L. Brooks | Refcard PDF ↑
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I took some time out for life. James L. Brooks | Refcard PDF ↑
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I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny. James L. Brooks | Refcard PDF ↑
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I'm big on research. James L. Brooks | Refcard PDF ↑
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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. James L. Brooks | Refcard PDF ↑
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Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie! James L. Brooks | Refcard PDF ↑
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Media reporting denied privacy to anybody doing what I do for a living. It was no longer possible to work on your picture in privacy. James L. Brooks | Refcard PDF ↑
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Things get very distorted when you do a movie, weirdly so. James L. Brooks | Refcard PDF ↑
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Tone is up for grabs in what we do - what's the tone of the scene. James L. Brooks | Refcard PDF ↑
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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. James L. Brooks | Refcard PDF ↑
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You become so obsessed, and that's not a bad thing for a movie. Serve it with that sense that it's the whole world. James L. Brooks | Refcard PDF ↑
