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.
MEL BROOKSHe who hesitates is poor.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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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’ll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there’s some great comedy minds and performances.
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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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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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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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All short women have a delayed fuse. Marry a taller woman: My wife was an inch or two taller than me; it’s a sign of security.
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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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