Albert Brooks Net Worth

Albert Brooks's Quotes

• Being a screenwriter in Hollywood is like being a eunuch at an orgy. Worse, actually, at least the eunuch is allowed to watch.
• I've always felt like I work in a small little area that doesn't represent anything like the rest of society.
• [on Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2005)] For so long afterward [9/11], whenever I heard anyone talk about Muslims, it was in association with terrorism. But I thought, "What could I do in a teeny way - and believe me, it's a teeny way - to defuse this?" There had to be some way to separate the 1.5 billion people who don't want to kill us from the 100,000 or so who do. I thought if I could get five Muslims and six Hindus and maybe 3 Jews to laugh for 90 minutes, then I've accomplished something.
• We export films that are full of sleazy [penis] jokes and toilet humor that's why we've earned the affectionate nickname of the Great Satan.What's seemingly benign, by our standards, is doing more damage to us around the world than anything I could ever do.
• Bullfights are hugely popular because you can sit comfortably with a hot dog and possibly watch a man die. It won't be me, but I can sit comfortably and watch it.

Interesting Facts about Albert Brooks

1. Son, Jacob Eli, born [October 1998]
2. Brother of Clifford Einstein and Bob Einstein who is best known for his character "Super Dave" Osbourne.
3. A good friend of Debbie Reynolds.
4. Turned down the lead in When Harry Met Sally... (1989) because he thought it was too much like a Woody Allen script. Albert has been described as a West Coast Woody Allen
5. Son of Thelma Leeds and Harry Parke(comedian known as 'Parkyakarkus').
6. daughter, Claire Elizabeth born [March 2000]
7. Nephew of Zeke Manners
8. Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy", by Ronald L. Smith, pg.61-62. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
9. Attended the same High School as Angelina Jolie, Michael Klesic, Nicolas Cage, Lenny Kravitz, David Schwimmer, Jonathan Silverman, Gina Gershon, Rhonda Fleming, Jackie Cooper, Rob Reiner, Antonio Sabato Jr., Pauly Shore, Michael Tolkin, Betty White, Corbin Bernsen, Elizabeth Daily and Crispin Glover.
10. Has made six guest appearances on The Simpsons (1989). With one exception, he has played a different character each time, and as of 2018 has the most guest appearances on that show. Each time he has been credited as "A. Brooks.", no relation to James L. Brooks.
11. Has starred in two movies where the song "Beyond the Sea" has played over the end credits. My First Mister (2001) and Finding Nemo (2003).
12. Once performed a humorless, five-minute stand up comedy routine on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) that didn't produce a single laugh until the punchline - when he explained to the audience that he had been working as a stand up comic for five years and had run out of material. Johnny Carson swore the hilarity which followed this set-up lasted a full minute.
13. Brooks has been honored by the American Film Institute with a retrospective of his work at the first U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen Colorado.
14. Brooks was romantically linked to singer Linda Ronstadt and actresses Carrie Fisher, Julie Hagerty and Kathryn Harrold before settling down and marrying Kimberly Shlain, an artist.
15. Brooks attended Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh, but dropped out after one year to focus on comedy.
16. His mother, singer/actress Thelma Leeds had a brief career before marrying Albert's father and settling down to raise a family. She returned occasionally to film in son Albert's movies.
17. Albert's father, vaudeville/radio/film comedian Harry Parke (aka Parkyakarkus) died of a heart attack when Albert was 11 in 1958. Parke collapsed next to Milton Berle during a Friar's roast gathering honoring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in Los Angeles.
18. Friend of Richard Lewis.
19. Turned down the role of Edward Lewis in Pretty Woman (1990).
20. Turned down the lead role in Was ik maar groot! (1988).