Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
MEL BROOKSI wish I was better looking.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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We’re all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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I know how to make it a great musical. I’ve got to. It’s like I’ve got to see it on stage.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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Oh, I’m not a true genius. I’m a near genius. I would say I’m a short genius. I’d rather be tall and normal than a short genius.
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Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you’ve gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them.
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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.
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