Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
MEL BROOKSEverything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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You’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.
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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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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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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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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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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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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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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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