No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
MEL BROOKSIt’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.
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I’m still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.
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When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
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If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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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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I’m rather secular. I’m basically Jewish. But I think I’m Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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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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I wish I was better looking.
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Look, I don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive you’ve got to flap your arms and legs.
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