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.
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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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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I wish I was better looking.
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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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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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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 God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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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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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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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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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I only direct in self-defense.
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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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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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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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