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.
MEL BROOKSThe 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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I only direct in self-defense.
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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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He who hesitates is poor.
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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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Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
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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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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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If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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 don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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I wish I was better looking.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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