Lost in America

“Lost in America. I'm an enormous Albert Brooks fan. This is a particularly hilarious movie about a couple who's dropping out of society and the Desert Inn has heart. If there's an expression all the kids use, 'if you know you know.' Anyway, it's so great, it's so great, I love it.”

“Lost in America is a film that takes me back to 1985 when I saw it on VHS, which somehow disappeared. I'm not sure exactly how and why, but it happens to some films, some very good films actually. Because for every Barry Lyndon which has never gone out of fashion or style, maybe except for the time it was released, but Lost in America is a film that made many friends but somehow it disappeared and I've always liked this film and I haven't seen it in more than 30 years.”

“Albert Brooks is one of the specifically original and great comedy talent. And Julie Hagerty was the perfect person for him to play with. And this has one of the most famous comedy monologues in film. Albert wrote, I think with Monica Johnson on this, wrote, directed, starred in. I think I was in this. He always said, 'Be in the film and I'll make it fun.' I always said yes, it was never fun. But this is the most valuable thing I got from the experience.”

“Lost in America. There’s a scene where Albert Brooks loses his life saving in a casino, and Garry Marshall runs the casino. Albert Brooks is an ad exec and his pitch is that Garry Marshall should give him all his money back and then do an ad campaign about how Desert Inn is different than other casinos because they have heart. Perfect scene, Garry Marshall was complaining that Albert Brooks made him do a lot of takes.”