It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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I don’t have a mission. I don’t have a torch to burn.
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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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If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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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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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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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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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.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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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If Shaw and Einstein couldn’t beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
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