Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
MEL BROOKSI love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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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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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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I only direct in self-defense.
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Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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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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He who hesitates is poor.
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We’re all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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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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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.
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