I know how to make it a great musical. I’ve got to. It’s like I’ve got to see it on stage.
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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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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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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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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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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Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
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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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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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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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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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