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.
MEL BROOKSI like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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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 you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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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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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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 was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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