Immortality is a by-product of good work.
MEL BROOKSI like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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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I’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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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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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 don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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I wish I was better looking.
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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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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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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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The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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