Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
MEL BROOKSIf God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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I wish I was better looking.
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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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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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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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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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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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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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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’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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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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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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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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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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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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