I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
MEL BROOKSI’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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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 love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you’ve gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them.
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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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