Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
MEL BROOKSBut I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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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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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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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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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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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 only direct in self-defense.
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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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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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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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