I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
MEL BROOKSI don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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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’.
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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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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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 BROOKSLook, 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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I’m rather secular. I’m basically Jewish. But I think I’m Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.
MEL BROOKSI’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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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
MEL BROOKSWell, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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He who hesitates is poor.
MEL BROOKSHe who hesitates is poor.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
MEL BROOKSNo, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
MEL BROOKSWe rest our case on the production numbers.
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If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
MEL BROOKSIf you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
MEL BROOKSHumor is just another defense against the universe.
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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.
MEL BROOKSA 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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