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 Read Quote
When you work alongside somebody day in and day out, the relationships tend to be wonderful: they’re lifelong. James L. Brooks Read Quote
I love it if comedy reflects real life because to me it’s more reassuring that we’ll get through. James L. Brooks Read Quote
Working on any show that works is the best job you can possibly have in any area of the business. You’ve got so much going for you, a good community, everybody’s hanging together, and you get to do it every week. James L. Brooks Read Quote
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 Read Quote
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 Read Quote
You know you’re in love when you’re more yourself than you ever imagined possible. James L. Brooks Read Quote
I saw ‘Annie Hall’ with a group of people working in comedy and television. We were all stunned. Stunned. It was like watching a spaceship land. That something that funny could also be that beautiful. James L. Brooks Read Quote
Nothing is a matter of course when you get to do your own thing. It’s always a gift that can stop giving and probably will. James L. Brooks Read Quote
