A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan.
MEL BROOKSA brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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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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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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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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You’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.
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I wish I was better looking.
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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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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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If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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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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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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