We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
MEL BROOKSWell, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I’m rather secular. I’m basically Jewish. But I think I’m Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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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I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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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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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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We’re all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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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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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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