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 BROOKSHe who hesitates is poor.
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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’.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
MEL BROOKSI don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
MEL BROOKSI don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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.
MEL BROOKSI’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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I wish I was better looking.
MEL BROOKSI wish I was better looking.
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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.
MEL BROOKSI’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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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
MEL BROOKSWe want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan.
MEL BROOKSA cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
MEL BROOKSI love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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You’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.
MEL BROOKSYou’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
MEL BROOKSEverything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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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.
MEL BROOKSEverything 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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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
MEL BROOKSYou got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
MEL BROOKSIf Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
MEL BROOKSBad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
MEL BROOKSMad About You’ was very fun.
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