We’re all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.
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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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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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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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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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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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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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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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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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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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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