It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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 Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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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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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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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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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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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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I only direct in self-defense.
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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character.
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