I only direct in self-defense.
MEL BROOKSHe who hesitates is poor.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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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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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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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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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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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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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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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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If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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He who hesitates is poor.
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