Albert Brooks Quotes

When I was a kid, I wanted to walk with my dad's limp - my dad was my hero - but that infuriated him, and he would make me walk back and forth in the living room until I walked without it.

Since the beginning of time, every child on the planet has endeavored to please their parents.

My brother and I had a lot of freedom growing up, and thankfully, we both turned out OK.

When a father, absent during the day, returns home at six, his children receive only his temperament, not his teaching.

Kids need to open up to their parents. And parents should realize that when kids are pushing you away, that's the time to really step in.

Because I once became so distraught watching the film 'Watership Down,' my parents were happier to let me watch action adventures featuring humans and warriors rather than cute animals.

I think writers like to see how people bring their words to life, and it's always surprising. Always, no matter what, whether it's good or bad, it's always surprising because a whole human being is coming to that piece of writing.

Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, that the importance of one's children is paramount.

My father leaving the family shaped who I was and how I looked at the world. By the same token, my father telling me fairy tales that he had made up shaped me profoundly, too.

One of my favorite things about 'Spring Awakening' is that it is enjoyable and important for both kids and adults to see.

I mostly want to be friends with my children.

I have a very open line of communication with both my children.

I used to say to my bubbe, 'Bubbe, is this story true?' And she'd say, 'Of course it's true! But it may not have happened.' What my bubbe was saying is profound: All stories are true. The truth is the journey you take through it - did it make you laugh, cry, seek and want justice? Then it's true.

My kids seem to be more mature and older than I am now somehow. They've gotten ahead of me somehow. But they're very patient with me.

I always cry when Mufasa dies in 'The Lion King.' I just can't handle it.

One summer I was made housekeeper to my own family, making menus and shopping lists. It was my mother's idea of teaching me to be a grown-up. The main thing I remember is my father being so delighted to get roast duck.

What I always do is go with the stories that put up the hair on the back of my neck or make me cry or make me laugh.

'Premam' moved me; it was almost like seeing life play out on screen.

I loved being my father's audience and watching him in front of the mirror as he talked to himself made up like a clown.

All Pixar movies are heartbreaking, aren't they?

It's the writer's job to disarm the reader of his logic, to just make the reader feel.

I have six children, and we neglect our older ones more. Because we were so busy trying to make a living, we just say hello and goodbye... I'm sure those things stick with you.

I really loved making my mom laugh, and I knew that she thought that I was funny. It was really valuable, in my home growing up, to be able to have a chat and participate in a conversation and be funny. Whatever I could do to make my mom laugh could either get me out of trouble or just get me more attention or get me respect in the house.

My dad sacrificed his relationship with me so I'd be stronger for it. But I could never do it to my kids - I like to have a happy relationship with them.

I remember watching an Iranian film, 'A Separation.' When the film ended, I felt like going to Iran, getting that family together, hug them and just being with them.