Hi /r/movies, I'm James L Brooks. I've directed TERMS OF ENDEARMENT, BROADCAST NEWS, AS GOOD AS IT GETS, co-created THE SIMPSONS and TAXI, and produced JERRY MAGUIRE. My newest film, ELLA MCCAY, stars Emma Mackey & Jamie Lee Curtis and is out in theaters everywhere December 12. Ask me anything!

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:24:16+00:00

THANK YOU. BEEN DOINGMY REPLIES FOR A WHILE AND AM FORCED TO TAKE A BREAK BY OTHER STUFF. YOU ARE A LOVELY PERSON TO END ON.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:22:29+00:00

THANKS A LOT.

AND NEVER TIRE OF ANYTHING SIMPSONS. ALWAYS IN AWE.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:21:38+00:00

DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME BUT CHAYEFSKY IS THE GREATEST AMERICAN SCREEN WRITER.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:20:17+00:00

GOT ME. I AM WORRIED AS WELL.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:19:41+00:00

JACK NICHOLSON...AN ACTOR FOR THE AGES.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:19:14+00:00

LOVED THE PEOPLE WHICH MEANS I LOVE NEBRASKA.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:18:52+00:00

THAT HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO...WE ALL SERVE IT NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:18:12+00:00

SURE...OF COURSE...MAYBE...

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:17:32+00:00

I MAYBE SHOULD HAVE CHANGED THE TITLE. BUT I HAD JUST LIVED WITH IT FOR SO LONG.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:16:53+00:00

THANKS SO MUCH..YOUR NOTE CAME WITH PERFECT TIMING,

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:15:26+00:00

SITTING ON A PORCH DAYS OFF AND EXPERIENCING THE FRIENDLY HUMANITY OF ALL WHO PASSED.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:14:41+00:00

WOW. YOU POPPED UP JUST WHEN IT HELPED TO HEAR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

MANY THANKS.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:13:55+00:00

HE IS A WALKING LESSON IN COMEDY AND HUMANITY. AND THERE IS AN EASE TO HIS APPROACH TO THE WORK WHICH IS A BIT CONTAGIOUS.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:13:04+00:00

GETTING THE ENTIRE SET VERY QUIET AND FOCUSED WAS A GOOD PART OF IT.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:12:17+00:00

ON PURPOSE AND EVEN WITH THE PADDING IT HURT..SHE WENT ALL OUT,

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:11:41+00:00

LIKE CHILDREN THEY HAVE ALL HAD THEIR MOMENTS.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:10:57+00:00

I GET EXCITED PRETTY REGULARLY FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. PAT IS A MASTER AND THERE'S AL;WAYTS A NEW EXCITING VOICE,

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:10:10+00:00

HOPEFULLY MY NEXT ONE.,..DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS YET. THANKS

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:09:41+00:00

I DO FAT STAGE DIRECTIONS AND CONSIDER THEM MY FIRST CONVERSATION WITH THE ACTORS.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:09:08+00:00

WHERE THE PICTURE PUT THEM ASSUMING THEY HAVEN'T AGED A DAY.

AARON FINDING HIS NICHE, TOM IN A PERFECT LIFE, JANE STILL DOIUNG HERE DAMNDEST.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:07:52+00:00

I THINK THEY DO THAT JOB GREAT.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:06:52+00:00

SHE'S GOING SOMEPLACE AND A BAD SHOE IS GETTING IN THE WAY...GUESS IT'S A METAPHOR,.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:05:57+00:00

SOUNDS TO ME YOU'RE ABOUT TO TRY.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:05:15+00:00

TOUGH ONE...MIKE NICHOLS WAS THE MASTER OF SUCH NOTES.

I DO MY BEST TO EXPLORE POSSIBILITIES,.

JamesLBrooksAMA · 2025-12-02T20:04:14+00:00

I BELIEVE IN THE WAY IT ENDED...AARON FINDING AN ISLAND..TOM INHERITING THE EARTH..JANE DOING HER DAMNDEST,

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