If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
MEL BROOKSTragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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I’m rather secular. I’m basically Jewish. But I think I’m Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.
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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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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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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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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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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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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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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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