James L. Brooks
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Was he a known commodity?
He and Danny had both been in Cuckoo's Nest.
Oh, right.
As part of that group.
It's the record-setting laugh.
I don't know if we can render it, but basically you have to know the character who was burnt out from drugs.
That was basically it.
He's the dumbest guy imaginable.
He shouldn't be driving a cab.
Everything's missing, but with everything missing, he has sort of a blissful humanity and insight.
Kind of a Chauncey Gardner.
Yes, and he's a cab driver, and they find out he doesn't have a driver's license.
So he has to take them to help him cheat.
He can't.
And the whole company comes and pretends they're filling out forms while he's in the desk taking the test.
He says, what does a flashing yellow light mean?
They coach him and they say, slow down.
He says, what does?
Okay.
Does.