Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
MEL BROOKSIf Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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I’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.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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 only direct in self-defense.
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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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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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Rhetoric 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.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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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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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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