I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
MEL BROOKSEvery human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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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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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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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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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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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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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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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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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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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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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