Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn’t work. You can be politically incorrect if you’re smart.
MEL BROOKSI was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
More Mel Brooks Quotes
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But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
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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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There’s an army story in me, and I think there’s a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
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It’s talent. Either you got it or you ain’t.
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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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I like Chris Rock. He’s dangerous.
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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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My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
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I don’t believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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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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I’m still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.
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Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
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I love writing songs. I’m a songwriter.
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If presidents can’t do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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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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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.
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I’m rather secular. I’m basically Jewish. But I think I’m Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.
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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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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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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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I wish I was better looking.
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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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