I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
MEL BROOKSYou’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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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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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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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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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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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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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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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