I always loved writing, but never considered that I could do it professionally. James L. Brooks More Quotes by James L. Brooks More Quotes From James L. Brooks 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. James L. Brooks hard-timesherodog 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. James L. Brooks hollywood-filmscreativitybaby 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 deniedprivacymedia 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 newscharactermoving If you ever catch a great boss, it's just such a rare thing, and it's amazing. James L. Brooks amazinggreatyouboss 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 friendyougaycharacter In my mind, if you write a comedy where human beings experience pain, you're just being realistic. James L. Brooks youexperiencepainmind 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 survivesisterwomenmother I'm big on research. James L. Brooks bigresearch Tone is up for grabs in what we do - what's the tone of the scene. James L. Brooks uptonescene I always fight hard to push a movie to the point where it pulls me. James L. Brooks pushfightmealways Linking up the things you were with the things you become is what growing up is. James L. Brooks becomethingsyougrowing-up I have a rule in research: The third time you hear something, it's generally true. James L. Brooks trueyouresearchtime I laugh every day. There are days when my laughs are pretty hollow. Dust comes out of your mouth, and your bones make a funny sound. But I'm laughing. James L. Brooks laughevery-daydayfunny I always think a successful television series is the best job because it gives you community, it doesn't demand temporary insanity the way movies do, and you can be almost a normal person. James L. Brooks bestjobyoucommunity
