I wish I was better looking.
MEL BROOKSI loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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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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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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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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Look, I don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive you’ve got to flap your arms and legs.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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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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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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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.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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These 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.
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