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" Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy. "
Mel Brooks
Big
Laughter
Size
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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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Know
Like
See
" When you come to Germany as a Jew you have an uneasy feeling, but I've always felt okay in Berlin. "
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You
Always
Come
" It's talent. Either you got it or you ain't. "
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Talent
Got
Either
" My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible. "
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Out
Most
Job
" Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart. "
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Work
Well
Stupid
" 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. "
Mel Brooks
You
Ideas
Support
" If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively. "
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You
Got
Living
" I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front. "
Mel Brooks
Believe
Front
Business
" 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
Women
Wife
Short
" 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
Men
Meet
Me
" But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality. "
Mel Brooks
Bad Taste
Taste
Bad
" Humor is just another defense against the universe. "
Mel Brooks
Humor
Against
Defense
" Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love. "
Mel Brooks
Based
Fear
Everything
" If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets. "
Mel Brooks
Tickets
Fly
Funny
" Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director. "
Mel Brooks
Both
Producer
Pretty
" 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. "
Mel Brooks
Win
Run
People
" If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none. "
Mel Brooks
Beat
None
Got
" I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel. "
Mel Brooks
Like
Me
Army
" As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes. "
Mel Brooks
Mistakes
Spinning
Long
" I only direct in self-defense. "
Mel Brooks
Self-Defense
Direct
Only
" Immortality is a by-product of good work. "
Mel Brooks
Good Work
Immortality
Work
" I love writing songs. I'm a songwriter. "
Mel Brooks
Love
I Love
Writing
" If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country. "
Mel Brooks
Wives
Country
Presidents
" I wish I was better looking. "
Mel Brooks
Looking
Better
I Wish
" Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said. "
Mel Brooks
Said
Bad
Taste
" He who hesitates is poor. "
Mel Brooks
He
Hesitates
Poor
" Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers. "
Mel Brooks
Direct
Good
Only
" 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. "
Mel Brooks
Jump
Life
Look
" You got to be brave. If you feel something, you've really got to risk it. "
Mel Brooks
Be Brave
You
Risk