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.
MEL BROOKSA lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
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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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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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We want to get people laughing; we don’t want to offend anybody.
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I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
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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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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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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 presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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