When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
MEL BROOKSThere’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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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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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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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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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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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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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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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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