I only direct in self-defense. Mel Brooks More Quotes by Mel Brooks More Quotes From Mel Brooks My liveliness is based on an incredible fear of death. In order to keep death at bay, I do a lot of "Yah! Yah! Yah!" And death says, "All right. He's too noisy and busy. I'll wait for someone who's sitting quietly, half asleep." Mel Brooks sittingwaitingorder It would be hypocritical of me to take issue with anything in questionable taste, seeing that I invented bad taste in films. Mel Brooks issuestastewould-be 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 wastelaughingpeople My movies were not reaping the kind of emotional rewards that I wanted. I wanted them to be appreciated and they weren't. I didn't want the reviews to say, "Mel Brooks has made another movie," and you get the title somewhere in the second paragraph. Mel Brooks titlesemotionalwant Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. 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. Mel Brooks nameswritingcharacter There's a lot of things that I've done to stick into the box set. You never have it this good. I think people should bargain. They shouldn't just buy the set, it's a little expensive [anyway]. But they should say - I'll give them dialogue, I'm a good writer. Mel Brooks givingpeoplethinking You often hear that people go into show business to find the love they never had when they were children. Never believe it! Every comic and most of the actors I know had a childhood full of love. Then they grew up and found out that in the grown-up world, you don't get all that love, you just get your share. So they went into show business to recapture the love they had known as children when they were the center of the universe. Mel Brooks love-youbelievechildren You're young forever when you write. Alfred Hitchcock directed until the day he died. As long as you don't have any dementia or Alzheimer's, if you have your All-Bran every day and clear yourself out, I think your brains are gonna be all right. Mel Brooks alzheimerswritingthinking The more serious the situation, the funnier the comedy can be. The greatest comedy plays against the greatest tragedy. Comedy is a red rubber ball and if you throw it against a soft, funny wall, it will not come back. But if you throw it against the hard wall of ultimate reality, it will bounce back and be very lively. Very, very few people understand this. Mel Brooks wallplayreality The only weapon I've got is comedy Mel Brooks comedyweapons I love gentiles. In fact, on of my favorite activities is Protestant spotting. Mel Brooks my-favoritewittyfacts Not only should we laugh about Hitler. We must laugh about him. Especially in Berlin. Mel Brooks berlinshouldlaughing Usually when a lot of men get together, it's called a war. Mel Brooks togethermenwar My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives. Mel Brooks alternativescreativemind If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none. Mel Brooks beatschanceifs American sex is generally straight. It happens at 11 o'clock Saturday night. In the rural areas, it happens at nine and it happens pretty fast. Got to get up the next morning, especially if there're kids. Can't make noise, either, wake the kids. Mel Brooks morningkidssex Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director. Mel Brooks producersdirectors The thing is to be brave and move the audience with you, instead of cater to the lowest common denominator, you know, slipping on a banana peel and falling on your ass. You got to move the audience a little further ahead in terms of their appreciation of what is comedy. It's complicated. Mel Brooks appreciationfallmoving These men both publicly and privately have done so much for me. Without Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick I would be living in a little motel just around the corner here, trying to make ends meet. Mel Brooks would-betryingmen Coleman Jacoby and Arnie Rosen won an Emmy and Mel Brooks didn't! Niezsche was right! There is no God! There is no God! Mel Brooks humorgodfunny
