There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
MEL BROOKSDom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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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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Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you’ve gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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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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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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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 like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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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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I wish I was better looking.
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