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 BROOKSI wish I was better looking.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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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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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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The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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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.
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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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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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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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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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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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Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.
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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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