I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
MEL BROOKSI like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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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 was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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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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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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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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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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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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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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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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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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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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