Albert Brooks Quotes

There are so many elements that make a good film. You need a great director who's driving it.

Being in quite a few movies... there's always things that are changing about a film.

You pick projects for the part, the director, and the script. I just want to do different, interesting stuff.

I really think the key to a film is the chemistry of people.

Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling.

A good script and perfect casting, that's 90 percent of the work.

I am in Toronto, shooting a movie for NBC.

Just making a good movie is hard to do.

I had a really fantastic time shooting 'Bad Teacher.' I loved every second of it.

I learned a lot about filmmaking from my dad. Starting when I was a child, I would listen to my dad as an actor, writer, director and producer talking about films - you know what the treatment would be in the opening, in the middle, and in the ending.

You have to have a great director to make a great movie.

For me, it's important that the script is good. Then a good director will want to make it.

When your principal artists deliver convincing performances, the film's quality is elevated.

There is certainly no formula of making a successful film, but there are means to make a sensible film.

If you have skills to pull off even a four-hour film, people will go and watch it.

I want to make films that people will say, 'That movie rocked!'

The combo of a great story and good director works for me.

I've always found that no matter how much you spend on a movie - you can spend sixty dollars or sixty million dollars - if the movie's good, it's good.

I must admit, strong films are more interesting to me, as, by the end of the day's shooting, you feel good.

With good content, a solid director can make a film without a superstar.

Language is just a communication tool; it is the content that decides the fate of a film.

I want to make movies that I would want to watch as a fan.

Sometimes the nature of a big movie, the nature of the material, the scene doesn't have the richness that you'd want it to.

The filmmaker is really important to me: it could be their first film; it's not just about their reputation, but I have to really believe in them.

But I did on projects that I produced, that I directed, that I acted in because it was important. I want to be a filmmaker. I don't want to be an actor who directs, I want to be a director. I want to be a filmmaker. So that's a big difference.