No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
MEL BROOKSIf you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I’m still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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 wish I was better looking.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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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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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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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 was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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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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