Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
MEL BROOKSIf you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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I know how to make it a great musical. I’ve got to. It’s like I’ve got to see it on stage.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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I wish I was better looking.
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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