He who hesitates is poor.
MEL BROOKSLook, 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.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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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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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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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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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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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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