I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
MEL BROOKSImmortality is a by-product of good work.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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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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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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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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Look, I don’t want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you’re alive you’ve got to flap your arms and legs.
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Oh, I’m not a true genius. I’m a near genius. I would say I’m a short genius. I’d rather be tall and normal than a short genius.
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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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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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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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