You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
MEL BROOKSWhen you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you’ve gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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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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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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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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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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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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