We’re all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.
MEL BROOKSTragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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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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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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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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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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