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 bonedaydust Change image and share on social
I think television keeps on being a place where writers can go, and if they're successful, they can have their way, and they can have creative freedom. James L. Brooks creativefreedomplace Change image and share on social
That's the great thing about a series: you're driving to work, and you have an idea for a story for your characters, and you can go into work, and it's gonna be a television show. I mean that's what's great about the job. James L. Brooks characterdrivegonna share on social
I had a marketing idea that everybody hated, decency is sexy. James L. Brooks decencyhateidea Change image and share on social
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 audiencepactpicture Change image and share on social
I always think that the deal, once I do the script, sort of the experience I go through writing, which is everything you can imagine, but I always think it's the one thing I can do when I'm directing is say is that it's all about the actors, that I can say, 'We're all here to serve the actors.' James L. Brooks actordealdirect share on social
I always loved writing, but never considered that I could do it professionally. James L. Brooks considerloveprofessionally Change image and share on social
Great things that can happen when you're doing a movie. James L. Brooks greathappenmovie Change image and share on social
I came to 20th Century Fox to do movies, and then they started a network, and they asked me to do a show as part of their starting what became the Fox network. James L. Brooks 20thaskcentury Change image and share on social