We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
MEL BROOKSIf presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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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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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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Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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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.
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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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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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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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