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.
MEL BROOKSI know how to make it a great musical. I’ve got to. It’s like I’ve got to see it on stage.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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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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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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All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it’s a sign of security.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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I wish I was better looking.
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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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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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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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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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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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