Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
MEL BROOKSI’m rather secular. I’m basically Jewish. But I think I’m Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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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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The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
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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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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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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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