My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
MEL BROOKSIt’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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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I’m still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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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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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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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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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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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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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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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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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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 wish I was better looking.
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