You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
MEL BROOKSYou’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
MEL BROOKSI only direct in self-defense.
MEL BROOKSAs long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
MEL BROOKSI was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
MEL BROOKSRhetoric 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.
MEL BROOKSI know how to make it a great musical. I’ve got to. It’s like I’ve got to see it on stage.
MEL BROOKSIf presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
MEL BROOKSEvery human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
MEL BROOKSTragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
MEL BROOKSIf God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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’.
MEL BROOKSOh, 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.
MEL BROOKSA lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
MEL BROOKSLife literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
MEL BROOKSIf Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
MEL BROOKSBad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
MEL BROOKS