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Mel Brooks quotes: I'm married to a beautiful and talented woman who can lift your spirits just by looking at you. I'm married to a beautiful and talented woman who can lift your spirits just by looking at you.
Mel Brooks quotes: I was out in the combat engineers. We would throw up bridges in advance of the infantry but mainly we would just throw up. I was out in the combat engineers. We would throw up bridges in advance of the infantry but mainly we would just throw up.
Mel Brooks quotes: Do you have a dollar on you? I hate to answer questions for nothing. Do you have a dollar on you? I hate to answer questions for nothing.
Mel Brooks quotes: Creative people should always be striving, they should always be hungry, they should be looking for the next place to go. Creative people should always be striving, they should always be hungry, they should be looking for the next place to go.
Mel Brooks quotes: My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible. My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
Mel Brooks quotes: Now thyself is more important than Know thyself. Now thyself is more important than Know thyself.
Mel Brooks quotes: Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said. Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
Mel Brooks quotes: I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn. I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn.
Mel Brooks quotes: I love writing songs. I'm a songwriter. I love writing songs. I'm a songwriter.
Mel Brooks quotes: I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel. I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
Mel Brooks quotes: I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances. I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.
Mel Brooks quotes: When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I've always felt okay in Berlin. When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I've always felt okay in Berlin.
Mel Brooks quotes: I'm rather secular. I'm basically Jewish. But I think I'm Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all. I'm rather secular. I'm basically Jewish. But I think I'm Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all.
Mel Brooks quotes: Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director. Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.
Mel Brooks quotes: But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality. But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.
Mel Brooks quotes: One day, God said 'Let there be prey.' And he created pigeons, rabbits, lambs and Gene Wilder. One day, God said 'Let there be prey.' And he created pigeons, rabbits, lambs and Gene Wilder.
Mel Brooks quotes: Comedy is protest. It's "I beg to differ," if you're fancy, or if you're Jewish, "Hey, listen to this! Comedy is protest. It's "I beg to differ," if you're fancy, or if you're Jewish, "Hey, listen to this!
Mel Brooks quotes: My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives. My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives.
Mel Brooks quotes: The only weapon I've got is comedy The only weapon I've got is comedy
Mel Brooks quotes: I had low blood sugar, a chemical imbalance, plus the normal nervous breakdown everyone goes through from adolescence to adulthood. I had low blood sugar, a chemical imbalance, plus the normal nervous breakdown everyone goes through from adolescence to adulthood.
Mel Brooks quotes: We rest our case on the production numbers. We rest our case on the production numbers.
Mel Brooks quotes: Hope for the Best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed. Hope for the Best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed.
Mel Brooks quotes: There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere. There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
Mel Brooks quotes: I knew it ... I'm surrounded by assholes! I knew it ... I'm surrounded by assholes!
Mel Brooks quotes: They make us live in the crap, and now they're taking the crap away? No! They make us live in the crap, and now they're taking the crap away? No!
Mel Brooks quotes: It's talent. Either you got it or you ain't. It's talent. Either you got it or you ain't.
Mel Brooks quotes: Humor is just another defense against theuniverse. Humor is just another defense against the
universe.
Mel Brooks quotes: Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy. Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
Mel Brooks quotes: My mother is very short - four-eleven. She could walk under tables and never hit her head. My mother is very short - four-eleven. She could walk under tables and never hit her head.
Mel Brooks quotes: Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love. Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
Mel Brooks quotes: You got to be brave. If you feel something, you've really got to risk it. You got to be brave. If you feel something, you've really got to risk it.
Mel Brooks quotes: Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers. Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
Mel Brooks quotes: We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody. We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.
Mel Brooks quotes: Being short never bothered me for three seconds. The rest of the time I wanted to commit suicide. Being short never bothered me for three seconds. The rest of the time I wanted to commit suicide.
Mel Brooks quotes: Some critics are emotionally desiccated, personally about as attractive as a year-old peach in a single girl's refrigerator. Some critics are emotionally desiccated, personally about as attractive as a year-old peach in a single girl's refrigerator.
Mel Brooks quotes: As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes. As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.
Mel Brooks quotes: Ill just say whats in my heart: Ba-bump, ba-bump, ba-bump. Ill just say whats in my heart: Ba-bump, ba-bump, ba-bump.
Mel Brooks quotes: I know how to make it a great musical. I've got to. It's like I've got to see it on stage. I know how to make it a great musical. I've got to. It's like I've got to see it on stage.
Mel Brooks quotes: 'Mad About You' was very fun. 'Mad About You' was very fun.
Mel Brooks quotes: If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively. If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
Mel Brooks quotes: Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die. Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
Mel Brooks quotes: It's good to be the king. It's good to be the king.
Mel Brooks quotes: Good taste is the enemy of comedy. Good taste is the enemy of comedy.
Mel Brooks quotes: Tragedy is what happens to me; comedy is what happens to you. Tragedy is what happens to me; comedy is what happens to you.
Mel Brooks quotes: Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you. Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
Mel Brooks quotes: You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself. You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.
Mel Brooks quotes: I don't know what to say so I'll just say what's in my heart ... badoom, badoom, badoom. I don't know what to say so I'll just say what's in my heart ... badoom, badoom, badoom.
Mel Brooks quotes: I wanted to entertain so badly that I kept at it until I was good. I just browbeat my way into show business. I wanted to entertain so badly that I kept at it until I was good. I just browbeat my way into show business.
Mel Brooks quotes: Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the movie is made. Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the movie is made.
Mel Brooks quotes: If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win. If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.
Mel Brooks quotes: An egg cream can do anything. An egg cream to a Brooklyn Jew is like water to an Arab. A Jew will kill for an egg cream. It's the Jewish An egg cream can do anything. An egg cream to a Brooklyn Jew is like water to an Arab. A Jew will kill for an egg cream. It's the Jewish malmsey.
Mel Brooks quotes: I always thought it was great to be able to make people feel better. It was a little like being God. I always thought it was great to be able to make people feel better. It was a little like being God.
Mel Brooks quotes: Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart. Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart.
Mel Brooks quotes: You want to be as smart as you can about being stupid. You want to be as smart as you can about being stupid.
Mel Brooks quotes: My God, I'd love to smash into the casket of Dostoyevsky, grab that bony hand and scream at the remains, 'Well done, you god-damn genius.' My God, I'd love to smash into the casket of Dostoyevsky, grab that bony hand and scream at the remains, 'Well done, you god-damn genius.'
Mel Brooks quotes: It would be hypocritical of me to take issue with anything in questionable taste, seeing that I invented bad taste in films. It would be hypocritical of me to take issue with anything in questionable taste, seeing that I invented bad taste in films.
Mel Brooks quotes: A lot of music is mathematics. It's balance. A lot of music is mathematics. It's balance.
Mel Brooks quotes: If you're alive, make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death. If you're alive, make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death.
Mel Brooks quotes: I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat. I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
Mel Brooks quotes: Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together. Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together.
Mel Brooks quotes: Cat angels are the reason there are no mice angels. Cat angels are the reason there are no mice angels.
Mel Brooks quotes: Sir, I have seen your film and it is vulgar! Madame, my film rises below vulgarity. Sir, I have seen your film and it is vulgar! Madame, my film rises below vulgarity.
Mel Brooks quotes: 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. 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.
Mel Brooks quotes: 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. 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 Brooks quotes: Tragedy is when I stub my toe. Comedy is when you fall into an open manhole and die. Tragedy is when I stub my toe. Comedy is when you fall into an open manhole and die.
Mel Brooks quotes: I love spaghetti and sex, sometimes together. My dream of heaven is walking naked through fields of pasta fazool. I love spaghetti and sex, sometimes together. My dream of heaven is walking naked through fields of pasta fazool.
Mel Brooks quotes: Could be worse ... could be raining."- Igor Could be worse ... could be raining."

- Igor
Mel Brooks quotes: I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front. I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
Mel Brooks quotes: In every spoof I make real love to the things I am spoofing. In every spoof I make real love to the things I am spoofing.
Mel Brooks quotes: You cannot have fun with anything that you don't love or admire or respect. You cannot have fun with anything that you don't love or admire or respect.
Mel Brooks quotes: My brothers went to work at 12 and put themselves through school and brought the family out of ruin into food and clothing. My brothers went to work at 12 and put themselves through school and brought the family out of ruin into food and clothing.
Mel Brooks quotes: I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films. I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
Mel Brooks quotes: Making a movie is like making an ocean voyage, and the script is your ship. Making a movie is like making an ocean voyage, and the script is your ship.
Mel Brooks quotes: Look, I had to take chances or it wasn't fun being funny. Look, I had to take chances or it wasn't fun being funny.
Mel Brooks quotes: I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous.
Mel Brooks quotes: With the birth of the artist came the inevitable afterbirth ... the critic With the birth of the artist came the inevitable afterbirth ... the critic
Mel Brooks quotes: Not only should we laugh about Hitler. We must laugh about him. Especially in Berlin. Not only should we laugh about Hitler. We must laugh about him. Especially in Berlin.
Mel Brooks quotes: If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country. If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
Mel Brooks quotes: Why should I waste my good time making a straight dramatic film? The people who can't make you laugh can do that. Why should I waste my good time making a straight dramatic film? The people who can't make you laugh can do that.
Mel Brooks quotes: If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none. If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
Mel Brooks quotes: I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit. I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.
Mel Brooks quotes: Usually when a lot of men get together, it's called a war. Usually when a lot of men get together, it's called a war.
Mel Brooks quotes: I was born on the kitchen table. We were so poor my mother couldn't afford to have me; the lady next door gave birth to me. I was born on the kitchen table. We were so poor my mother couldn't afford to have me; the lady next door gave birth to me.
Mel Brooks quotes: 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. 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.
Mel Brooks quotes: We mock the things we are to be. We mock the things we are to be.
Mel Brooks quotes: A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan. A cinema villain essentially needs a moustache so he can twiddle with it gleefully as he cooks up his next nasty plan.
Mel Brooks quotes: Everything starts with writing. Everything starts with writing.
Mel Brooks quotes: The final test of fame is to have a crazy person imagine he is you. The final test of fame is to have a crazy person imagine he is you.
Mel Brooks quotes: I only direct in self-defense. I only direct in self-defense.
Mel Brooks quotes: There's not enough bad taste! I LOVE bad taste! I live for bad taste! I am the spokesman for bad taste! There's not enough bad taste! I LOVE bad taste! I live for bad taste! I am the spokesman for bad taste!
Mel Brooks quotes: My favorite expression is: When you go up to the bell, ring it ? or don't go up to the bell. My favorite expression is: When you go up to the bell, ring it ? or don't go up to the bell.
Mel Brooks quotes: All right, I am often brash, rude and brutally direct. Someday I'm going to die and I don't have time to toe-dance around the periphery of hatred. All right, I am often brash, rude and brutally direct. Someday I'm going to die and I don't have time to toe-dance around the periphery of hatred.
Mel Brooks quotes: The egg cream is psychologically the opposite of circumcisionit pleasurably reaffirms your Jewishness. The egg cream is psychologically the opposite of circumcision
it pleasurably reaffirms your Jewishness.
Mel Brooks quotes: No, no, the songs write themselves, almost. No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
Mel Brooks quotes: I love gentiles. In fact, on of my favorite activities is Protestant spotting. I love gentiles. In fact, on of my favorite activities is Protestant spotting.
Mel Brooks quotes: I don't think in terms of results at all. I think: what next insanity can I shock the world with? I don't think in terms of results at all. I think: what next insanity can I shock the world with?
Mel Brooks quotes: If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets. If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
Mel Brooks quotes: I'm always stunned when I find out people like Roosevelt and Tolstoy weren't Jewish. How could I love them so much? I'm always stunned when I find out people like Roosevelt and Tolstoy weren't Jewish. How could I love them so much?
Mel Brooks quotes: Nothing is free. You got to pay to be in society. First you start with homework. Nothing is free. You got to pay to be in society. First you start with homework.
Mel Brooks quotes: Don't be stupid, be a smarty / Come and join the Nazi Party! Don't be stupid, be a smarty / Come and join the Nazi Party!

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