My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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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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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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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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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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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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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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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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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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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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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I wish I was better looking.
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