“Sitting home, being scared all the time, watching the terror warnings, and being told we’re living in a new world. I began to think, ‘Well, how do I function in this new world? What do I do?’” This is a question many Americans asked themselves in the days, months and years following 9/11. In this case, we’re hearing it from a comedian, filmmaker, and author, Albert Brooks, during a 2006 interview with Terry Gross on the NPR program “Fresh Air.”