I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
MEL BROOKSNo, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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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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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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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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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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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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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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I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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