Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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Oh, 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.
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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 was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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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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As far as songwriters, I’ve always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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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’m still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.
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All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it’s a sign of security.
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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 only direct in self-defense.
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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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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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I wish I was better looking.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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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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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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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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