Albert Brooks Quotes & Sayings

“I think anger and laughter are very close to each other, when you think about it.”

“I don't think the goal is, 'How big a star did you ever become?' I think the goal is, 'Were you able to express yourself?'”

“When I die, if the word 'thong' appears in the first or second sentence of my obituary, I've screwed up.”

“When I was younger, I wasn't concentrating on good days. I was managing a career and trying to have a good year. It would always 'lead' to something, which never leads to anything except death, where everything leads to. And then as I got older, and then I had my kids and everything, I began to appreciate a great Wednesday.”

“I've been to many funerals of funny people, and they're some of the funniest days you'll ever have, because the emotions run high.”

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

“Most entertainment is trying to get you. It's tested, like toothpaste.”

“I've always been the king of silence. I've always been a minimalist comedian. I've taken my influence from Jack Benny, who was the king of that... I've always done 'less is more.'”

“Be generous and you can be the best person who ever lived.”

“As an actor, if you're just sitting and staring and you don't know who you are in your own mind, it's vacant. And sometimes the camera is an X-ray machine, it can pick it up.”