It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
MEL BROOKSWe rest our case on the production numbers.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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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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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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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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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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The 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’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 don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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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I wish I was better looking.
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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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