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Albert Brooks (born Albert Lawrence Einstein; July 22, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the 1987 comedy-drama film Broadcast News and was widely praised for his performance in the 2011 action drama film Drive . [2]
Nov 17, 2023 · Albert Brooks finds humor in everyday life: ... And I watched somebody do it for a living, even though he pretty much was out of it by the time I was born. I used to listen - he was a radio ...
- Terry Gross
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1 day ago · James L. Brooks told me the story of standing in the living room at some gathering with Steve Martin when Martin spotted Brooks and got starstruck—“nervous, like a kid at Christmas,” he said ...
Nov 8, 2023 · In the shadow of death and motherly disappointment, Albert Brooks changed the world of comedy. In a new HBO documentary, Rob Reiner pays tribute to his best friend Albert Brooks. Albert Brooks ...
Sep 13, 2011 · Albert Brooks started out his career as an anti-comedian. It wasn’t that he wasn’t funny, but that he peeled the onion of comedy until audiences cried so hard they laughed; early routines like ...
Nov 5, 2016 · Brooks brought his meta-driven humor to every aspect of Real Life. The music for Real Life was composed by Mort Lindsay, who appears in the film, and was indeed the bandleader on the then-popular Merv Griffin Show. “There are scenes that never made it into the movie.”. Brooks said recently.
Brooks began his career as a stand-up comic, and went on to become an award-winning actor, writer and filmmaker and best-selling author. His first novel 2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America, published in 2011, was a New York Times Best-Seller. Brooks has written, directed and starred in seven feature films, many of which have made ...
