I know how to make it a great musical. I’ve got to. It’s like I’ve got to see it on stage.
MEL BROOKSI’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.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Well, 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’re all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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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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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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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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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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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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