But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
MEL BROOKSIf God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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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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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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I wish I was better looking.
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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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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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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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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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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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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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I only direct in self-defense.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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