We rest our case on the production numbers.
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.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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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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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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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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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan.
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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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