Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
MEL BROOKSAs 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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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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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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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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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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We’re all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.
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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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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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 loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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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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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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