I only direct in self-defense.
MEL BROOKSOh, I’m not a true genius. I’m a near genius. I would say I’m a short genius. I’d rather be tall and normal than a short genius.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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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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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 don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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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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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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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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If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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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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When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
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