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.
MEL BROOKSLife literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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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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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
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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 wish I was better looking.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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