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 BROOKSNo, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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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’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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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 only direct in self-defense.
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You’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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