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.
MEL BROOKSAll 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.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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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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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 loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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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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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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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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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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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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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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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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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 love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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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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