Still Looking for a Laugh

You've said when you were coming up that your role models were Gene Kelly, Errol Flynn and Fred Astaire. But now, looking back, even if you had been able to be just a big movie or stage star, would you have had such a long career?
No. You're young forever when you write. Alfred Hitchcock directed until the day he died. As long as you don't have any dementia or Alzheimer's, if you have your All-Bran every day and clear yourself out, I think your brains are gonna be all right.

To hear the entire audio interview with Brooks, visit thestrip.com.

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