I only direct in self-defense.
MEL BROOKSWell, you know, ‘Spaceballs’ is a weird combination, because it’s a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it’s crazy and out-there and making fun of and taking apart sci-fi, ‘Star Wars’, and ‘Star Trek’.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan.
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When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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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Well, you know, ‘Spaceballs’ is a weird combination, because it’s a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it’s crazy and out-there and making fun of and taking apart sci-fi, ‘Star Wars’, and ‘Star Trek’.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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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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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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