I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
MEL BROOKSA cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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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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When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I’ve always felt okay in Berlin.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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I’m still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.
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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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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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We’re all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote.
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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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I wish I was better looking.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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