If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
MEL BROOKSWhen you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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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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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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All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it’s a sign of security.
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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 wish I was better looking.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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As far as songwriters, I’ve always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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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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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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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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