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.
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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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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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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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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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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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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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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These men both publicly and privately have done so much for me. Without Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick I would be living in a little motel just around the corner here, trying to make ends meet.
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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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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan.
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