It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
MEL BROOKSI don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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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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He who hesitates is poor.
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If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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Oh, I’m not a true genius. I’m a near genius. I would say I’m a short genius. I’d rather be tall and normal than a short genius.
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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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I wish I was better looking.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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