Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
MEL BROOKSEverything 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.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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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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I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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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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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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If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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Well, you know, ‘Spaceballs’ is a weird combination, because it’s a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it’s crazy and out-there and making fun of and taking apart sci-fi, ‘Star Wars’, and ‘Star Trek’.
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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’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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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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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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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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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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