I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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I wish I was better looking.
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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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I’m still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.
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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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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
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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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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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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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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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