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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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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These men both publicly and privately have done so much for me. Without Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick I would be living in a little motel just around the corner here, trying to make ends meet.
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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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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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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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I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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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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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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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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I’m rather secular. I’m basically Jewish. But I think I’m Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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