I’m rather secular. I’m basically Jewish. But I think I’m Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.
MEL BROOKSI loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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I only direct in self-defense.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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I’m still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.
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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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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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A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan.
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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 don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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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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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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