If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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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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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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I wish I was better looking.
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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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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan.
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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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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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 love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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