If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
MEL BROOKSI don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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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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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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Look, I don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive you’ve got to flap your arms and legs.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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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 Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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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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