It's also the idea that Hollywood will embrace anybody and do it quickly. People rise up in this town very fast, and sometimes they're even criminals, let alone not who they say they are. I think he's a good screenwriter going through the exact period that tons of screenwriters are. Ninety-nine percent of writers write for somebody. There's only a few people in life who ever get to write because they want to and people come to them.
Most people write for hire.
The distance between the character and you is probably greater than it's been in any of your other films. People always like to think everything's you. I'm not interesting enough on my own that you'd want to see a film about me. My whole interest comes alive after I create something and can get it on its feet. That's what Albert Brooks does.