I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
MEL BROOKSMad About You’ was very fun.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I only direct in self-defense.
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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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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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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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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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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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All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it’s a sign of security.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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