Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
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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He who hesitates is poor.
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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’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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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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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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I wish I was better looking.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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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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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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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you’ve gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them.
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