29 James L. Brooks Quotes for You to Enjoy

James L. Brooks

American Producer

Born: May 9, 1940

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

Great You Amazing Rare Rare Thing Boss Catch Just Ever Thing

When I wrote a gay character, I spent six months asking questions I've never asked a gay friend, the questions you don't ask just because you don't have the right to do it. James L. Brooks

Character Gay You Months Spent Never Wrote Because Friend Questions Six Just Just Because Ask Asked Asking Asking Questions Right

I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy. James L. Brooks

Love You Comedy Chasing Think Idea Along Another Romantic Romantic Comedy

I was raised primarily by women. I had a mother who almost killed herself to survive, I had a sister who was eight years older who was like a second mother, and my mother had two sisters. In the environment I grew up in, I heard a lot of female perspectives. James L. Brooks

Women Mother Sister Older Herself Had Environment Primarily Almost Like Female Years Heard Lot Up Survive Sisters Eight Grew To Survive Perspectives Who Second Raised Two

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

Great You Great Things Doing Movie Happen Things

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

You Try Picture Every Think Be Real Audience Real Truthful Pact

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

Funny Comedy Value Somebody Who

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

More True Lot Any Just Things

Linking up the things you were with the things you become is what growing up is. James L. Brooks

You Become Were Up Linking Growing Growing Up Things

I have a rule in research: The third time you hear something, it's generally true. James L. Brooks

Time You Research Rule Something Generally True Hear Third

Working on any show that works is the best job you can possibly have in any area of the business. You've got so much going for you, a good community, everybody's hanging together, and you get to do it every week. James L. Brooks

I don't know whether I have ideas all the time. I think I'm curious about things all the time; I think I'm always curious, and I think I'm always interested in whatever passes by, and I know I tend to think about things, and I tend to talk about things, and sometimes that takes root and gives me something to chase. James L. Brooks

You know you're in love when you're more yourself than you ever imagined possible. James L. Brooks

Love You Yourself Possible More Know Than Ever Imagined

I saw 'Annie Hall' with a group of people working in comedy and television. We were all stunned. Stunned. It was like watching a spaceship land. That something that funny could also be that beautiful. James L. Brooks

Funny Beautiful People Comedy Group Saw Television Something Could Annie Like Stunned Also Hall Were Spaceship Land Working Watching

I think you always want to have a project where it's not about you: where you're serving it. Where it has needs, and you're trying to meet those needs, so you're trying to lift it out of you and put it out there and then say to people, 'Hey, I think that's it; let's head that way.' James L. Brooks

I'm a journalism junkie. James L. Brooks

Journalism

I had no road map for fatherhood; I had no personal history to draw from. James L. Brooks

History Fatherhood Draw Had Road Road Map Personal Map

I could see no position to say, 'I'm going to make a living as a writer.' But I went to classes for it; I read every play in 'Theater' magazine. I saw the second acts of everything on Broadway - I had a job as a CBS usher in New York City, and on my way home every night, I'd see what shows I could get into. James L. Brooks

Home Job Living Every Everything Saw Way Way Home Say Broadway City See Classes Magazine Could Writer Had New Make Read Get York Going New York New York City Theater Usher Shows Acts Play Second Every Night Night Position

I worked for CBS News in the aftermath of all the greatness. I actually brought coffee to Edward R. Murrow. James L. Brooks

News Coffee Brought Edward Greatness Aftermath Worked Actually Murrow

In television writing, even if you're running the writers room, it's a writers room. James L. Brooks

You Writing Television Running Writers Room Even

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