I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
MEL BROOKSYou’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.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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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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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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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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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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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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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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He who hesitates is poor.
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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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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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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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These men both publicly and privately have done so much for me. Without Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick I would be living in a little motel just around the corner here, trying to make ends meet.
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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