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 BROOKSIf presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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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If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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 you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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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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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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Mad About You’ was very fun.
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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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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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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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