As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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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Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you’ve gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them.
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Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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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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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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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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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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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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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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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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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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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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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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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