James L. Brooks

I love it if comedy reflects real life because to me it's more reassuring that we'll get through.

I always think a successful television series is the best job because it gives you community, it doesn't demand temporary insanity the way movies do, and you can be almost a normal person.

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.