We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
MEL BROOKSEverything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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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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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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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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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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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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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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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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