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.
MEL BROOKSWe’re all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.
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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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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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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I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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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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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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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.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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