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My God, I'd love to smash int...

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.'

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I've been taught ever since I...

I've been taught ever since I was a kid that sex is filthy and forbidden, and that's the way I think it should be. The filthier and more forbidden it is, the more exciting it is.

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

The thing is to be brave and ...

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.

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Never retire! Do what you do ...

Never retire! Do what you do and keep doing it. But don't do it on Friday. Take Friday off. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, go fishing...Then Monday to Thursday, do what you've been doing all your life. My point is: Live full and don't retreat.

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Tragedy is what happens to me...

Tragedy is what happens to me; comedy is what happens to you.

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I was adored [as a kid]. I wa...

I was adored [as a kid]. I was always in the air, hurled up and kissed and thrown in the air again. Until I was six, my feet didn't touch the ground. "Look at those eyes! That nose! Those lips! That tooth! Get that child away from me, quick! I'll eat him!" Giving that up was very difficult later on in life.

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There's not enough bad taste!...

There's not enough bad taste! I LOVE bad taste! I live for bad taste! I am the spokesman for bad taste!

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I was a soldier in WWII. The ...

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

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Look, I don't want to wax phi...

Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.

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Rhetoric does not get you any...

Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.

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Well, you know, 'Spaceballs' ...

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'.

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But I have bad taste with a d...

But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.

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Every human being has hundred...

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.

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Well, just being stupid and p...

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

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I'm rather secular. I'm basic...

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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Dom DeLuise was a big man in ...

Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.

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Judd Apatow is pretty good, b...

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

Mel Brooks 183 quotes

Everything starts with writin...

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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I love writing songs. I'm a s...

I love writing songs. I'm a songwriter.

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All short women have a delaye...

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 183 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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