Quote

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.

Mel Brooks

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
Actor
Composer
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Journalist
Librettist
Lyricist
Screenwriter
Soldier
Songwriter
Stage Actor
Brooklyn
New York
Melvin Brooks
Melvin Kaminsky
Truth
Inspiring
Taste
Simply
Saying

More quotes by Mel Brooks

Image
Ill just say whats in my heart: Ba-bump, ba-bump, ba-bump.
Mel Brooks
Image
You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.
Mel Brooks
Image
My brothers went to work at 12 and put themselves through school and brought the family out of ruin into food and clothing.
Mel Brooks
Image
The audience. They see the name Mel Brooks, they want something really funny. They don't want to be moved they don't want to be taught any lessons. [...] I get more letters for Twelve Chairs and Life Stinks than I get from any other movies, because people actually agree with the philosophy, or were moved, or they love the movie.
Mel Brooks
Image
Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
Mel Brooks
Image
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
Image
Not only should we laugh about Hitler. We must laugh about him. Especially in Berlin.
Mel Brooks
Image
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
Image
I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.
Mel Brooks
Image
Be interested in everything. You don't have to adore it. I don't adore hip-hop, I don't think it's great music, but I'm interested, I listen. I watch a lot of new films, I see everything. I still read, I like books, whether they are old books, new books. I'm interested - you gotta stay interested!
Mel Brooks
Image
I don't think in terms of results at all. I think: what next insanity can I shock the world with?
Mel Brooks
Image
Humor is just another defense against the universe.
Mel Brooks
Image
You got to be brave. If you feel something, you've really got to risk it.
Mel Brooks
Image
Tolstoy was the most gifted writer who ever lived. It's like he stuck a pen in his heart and it didn't even go through his mind on its way to the page.
Mel Brooks
Image
I like people with big talents and small neuroses - not always an easy combination to find. I've discovered that if the neurosis is too big, it diminishes the talent and you wind up working too hard for what you get.
Mel Brooks
Image
I only direct in self-defense.
Mel Brooks
Image
Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the movie is made.
Mel Brooks
Image
I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.
Mel Brooks
Image
Being short never bothered me for three seconds. The rest of the time I wanted to commit suicide.
Mel Brooks
Image
Look, I had to take chances or it wasn't fun being funny.
Mel Brooks