List of James L. Brooks Quotes

Kids In General Make Things Fresh And Alive And They Have This Great Appreciation For, Holy Mackerel, We're Making A Movie!

I Have A Lot Of Nightmares.

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.

It Never Stops, Accepting That Fact Is Difficult. I Took Some Time Out For Life.

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.

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.

When You Produce And Direct Your Own Film You Havethe Somewhat Consoling Feeling That The Producer Will Kill For You.

Great Things That Can Happen When You're Doing A Movie.

You Have More And More People Coming Into The Tent With The Creative Guys [on Hollywood Films]. You Have Marketing And Concept Testers, Advertising People. What You Find Gets The High Numbers Is Easily Appealing Subjects: A Baby, A Big Broad Joke, A High Concept. Everything Is Tested. The Effect Is To Lessen The Gamble, But In Fact You Destroy A Writer's Confidence And Creativity Once So Many People Are Invited Into The Tent.

I Always Believe You Can't Kill Good Movies, Because Somebody's In Some Room And Will Die Unless It Gets Made.

Dagwood Bumstead Was A Great Unrecognized Hero Of American Literature. He Showed Up Every Day, He Got Knocked Down Every Day, He Never Got To Eat His Sandwich Every Day, The Dog Jumped On Him Every Day, His Wife Was Giving Him A Hard Time And He Showed Up Every Day.

I Value Comedy. I Value Somebody Who Can Be Funny.