James L. Brooks Quotes

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

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

Tone is up for grabs in what we do - what's the tone of the scene. - James L. Brooks

Things get very distorted when you do a movie, weirdly so. - James L. Brooks

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

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

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

I'm big on research. - James L. Brooks

I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny. - James L. Brooks

I took some time out for life. - James L. Brooks

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