I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
MEL BROOKSIt’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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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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I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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We’re all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.
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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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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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