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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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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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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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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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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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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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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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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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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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.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you’ve gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them.
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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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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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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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If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
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The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.
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