As far as songwriters, I’ve always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.
MEL BROOKSI loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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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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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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I only direct in self-defense.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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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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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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All 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.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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