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.
MEL BROOKSWe want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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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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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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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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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’.
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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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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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 don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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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If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you’ve gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them.
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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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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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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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