James L. Brooks Quotes

James L. Brooks — American Producer born on May 09, 1940,

James Lawrence "Jim" Brooks is an American director, producer and screenwriter. Growing up in North Bergen, New Jersey, Brooks endured a fractured family life and passed the time by reading and writing. After dropping out of New York University, he got a job as an usher at CBS, going on to write for the CBS News broadcasts. He moved to Los Angeles in 1965 to work on David L. Wolper's documentaries. After being laid off he met producer Allan Burns who secured him a job as a writer on the series My Mother the Car... (wikipedia)

When you work alongside somebody day in and day out, the relationships tend to be wonderful: they're lifelong.

I took some time out for life.

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.

I had a marketing idea that everybody hated, decency is sexy.

If you ever catch a great boss, it's just such a rare thing, and it's amazing.

James L. Brooks Quotes

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