If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
MEL BROOKSWhen you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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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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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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The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.
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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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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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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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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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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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You’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.
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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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