Well, you know, ‘Spaceballs’ is a weird combination, because it’s a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it’s crazy and out-there and making fun of and taking apart sci-fi, ‘Star Wars’, and ‘Star Trek’.
MEL BROOKSEvery human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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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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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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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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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 believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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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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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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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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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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