I only direct in self-defense.
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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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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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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You got to be brave. If you feel something, you’ve really got to risk it.
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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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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.
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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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Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.
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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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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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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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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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As far as songwriters, I’ve always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.
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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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