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.
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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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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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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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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He who hesitates is poor.
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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity.
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I know how to make it a great musical. I’ve got to. It’s like I’ve got to see it on stage.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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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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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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A lot of music is mathematics. It’s balance.
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You’ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you’re not alive.
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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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