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James L. Brooks

"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."

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"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."

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Asa Don Brown

"The news appeals to the same jaded appetite that makes a child tire of a toy as soon as it becomes familiar and demand a new one in its place."

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Asa Don Brown

"One reason I left local news was that I was tired of the constant musical chairs among news directors."

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Asa Don Brown

"The good news is that, according to the Obama administration, the rich will pay for everything. The bad news is that, according to the Obama administration, you're rich."

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Asa Don Brown

"Local television and local TV news isn't telling the voters about local candidates."

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Asa Don Brown

"If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV."

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Asa Don Brown

"In the past ABC has made half-hearted efforts or, worse, cosmetic efforts, to do something about news and I wasn't certain about what their real aim was - nor am I now."

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Asa Don Brown

"News, if unreported, has no impact. It might as well have not happened at all."

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Asa Don Brown

"News, news, news - that is what we want. You cannot beat news in a newspaper."

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Asa Don Brown

"We have a product for sale called news, and I'm a salesman."

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Asa Don Brown

"I'm very wary of news on television."

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James L. Brooks
"Media reporting denied privacy to anybody doing what I do for a living. It was no longer possible to work on your picture in privacy."

Work

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James L. Brooks
"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."

News

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James L. Brooks
"What does it mean for an actor to make a part his own? It means that he takes on what you had intended and starts to put in his own stuff so that it becomes something that could only happen if he played it."

Actor

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James L. Brooks
"I value comedy. I value somebody who can be funny."

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James L. Brooks
"Kids in general make things fresh and alive and they have this great appreciation for, Holy mackerel, we're making a movie!"

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James L. Brooks
"I had a marketing idea that everybody hated, decency is sexy."

Idea

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James L. Brooks
"I'm big on research."

Research

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James L. Brooks
"You become so obsessed, and that's not a bad thing for a movie. Serve it with that sense that it's the whole world."

Sense

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James L. Brooks
"I took some time out for life."

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James L. Brooks
"I love romantic comedy, but I think you have to have another idea that you're chasing along with romantic comedy."

Love

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