Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
MEL BROOKSIf you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I’m still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.
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I’m rather secular. I’m basically Jewish. But I think I’m Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.
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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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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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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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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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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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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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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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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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