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 want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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I know how to make it a great musical. I’ve got to. It’s like I’ve got to see it on stage.
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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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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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.
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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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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
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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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All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it’s a sign of security.
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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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