Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
MEL BROOKSWell, you know, ‘Spaceballs’ is a weird combination, because it’s a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it’s crazy and out-there and making fun of and taking apart sci-fi, ‘Star Wars’, and ‘Star Trek’.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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You’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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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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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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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’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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Well, you know, ‘Spaceballs’ is a weird combination, because it’s a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it’s crazy and out-there and making fun of and taking apart sci-fi, ‘Star Wars’, and ‘Star Trek’.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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I wish I was better looking.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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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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