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.
MEL BROOKSThe 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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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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Everything starts with writing. And then to support your vision, your ideas, your philosophy, your jokes, whatever, you’ve gotta perform them and/or direct them, or sometimes just produce them.
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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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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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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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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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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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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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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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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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You’re always a little disappointing in person because you can’t be the edited essence of yourself.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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