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33 quotes by James L. Brooks

James Lawrence "Jim" Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer and screenwriter. Growing up in North Bergen, New Jersey, Brooks endured a fractured family life and passed the time by reading and writing. After dropping out of New York University, he got a job as an usher at CBS, going on to write for the CBS News broadcasts. He moved to Los Angeles in 1965 to work on David L. Wolper's documentaries. After being laid off he met...
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I took some time out for life.

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I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny.

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I had a marketing idea that everybody hated, decency is sexy.

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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... →

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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.

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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.

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If you ever catch a great boss, it's just such a rare thing, and it's amazing.

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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... →

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I laugh every day. There are days when my laughs are pretty hollow. Dust comes out of your mouth, and your bones make a funny sound. But I'm... →

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I was only in college, unfortunately, for, um, a year. I think my major was public relations, and I had no idea what it meant except it seemed maybe... →

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That's the great thing about a series: you're driving to work, and you have an idea for a story for your characters, and you can go into... →

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A lot of things just aren't true any more.

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Great things that can happen when you're doing a movie.

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