I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
MEL BROOKSI loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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 loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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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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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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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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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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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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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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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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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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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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