If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
MEL BROOKSIf you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
MEL BROOKSRhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.
MEL BROOKSThese 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.
MEL BROOKSIf presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
MEL BROOKSBad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
MEL BROOKSA lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
MEL BROOKSA brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
MEL BROOKSI only direct in self-defense.
MEL BROOKSNo, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
MEL BROOKSAs long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
MEL BROOKSWell, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
MEL BROOKSDom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
MEL BROOKSAll 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.
MEL BROOKSMad About You’ was very fun.
MEL BROOKSI don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
MEL BROOKSTragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
MEL BROOKS