I wish I was better looking.
MEL BROOKSYou’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.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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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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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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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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