If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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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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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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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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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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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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 was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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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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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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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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