Mel Brooks Quotes

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Mel Brooks

Profession : Comedian

Birth : June 28, 1926

My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.

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I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn.

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I love writing songs. I'm a songwriter.

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No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.

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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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Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart.

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Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.

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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 loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.

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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.

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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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A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity. 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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