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’.
MEL BROOKSI was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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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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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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I wish I was better looking.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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 was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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I’m rather secular. I’m basically Jewish. But I think I’m Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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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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