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.
MEL BROOKSI love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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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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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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I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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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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Well, you know, ‘Spaceballs’ is a weird combination, because it’s a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it’s crazy and out-there and making fun of and taking apart sci-fi, ‘Star Wars’, and ‘Star Trek’.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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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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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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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