Mel Brooks quotes - page 5

I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel. (Mel Brooks)
But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality. View quote
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The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a Russian professor he made up that validates a story or character. View quote
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There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere. View quote
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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. View quote
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Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together. View quote
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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'. View quote
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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. View quote
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I love writing songs. I'm a songwriter. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. (Mel Brooks)
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. View quote
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I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn. View quote
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I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous. View quote
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Railway Worker: You shifty nigger! They said you was hung! Sheriff Bart : And they was right! View quote
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Count de Monet [consistently mispronounced as "count da money"]: Bearnaise, do we have any of those delicious raisins left? Bearnaise: You ate yours. These are mine. Count de Monet: Au contraire, they are mine! I paid for them! Hand them over! Bearnaise [sotto voce, mimicking]: 'I paid for them! They're mine!' [Blows a raspberry] Count de Monet: Don't be saucy with me, Bearnaise. View quote
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