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.
MEL BROOKSNo, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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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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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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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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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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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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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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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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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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