If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
MEL BROOKSYou got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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Rhetoric 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.
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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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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.
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