We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
MEL BROOKSEvery human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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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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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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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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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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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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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