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.
MEL BROOKSI loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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I only direct in self-defense.
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When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
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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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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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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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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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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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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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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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All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it’s a sign of security.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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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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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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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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