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We want to get people laughing we don't want to offend anybody.

Mel Brooks

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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
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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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I don't think in terms of results at all. I think: what next insanity can I shock the world with?
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together.
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If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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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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Oh, I'm not a true genius. I'm a near genius. I would say I'm a short genius. I'd rather be tall and normal than a short genius.
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I wanted to entertain so badly that I kept at it until I was good. I just browbeat my way into show business.
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I love gentiles. In fact, on of my favorite activities is Protestant spotting.
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Comedy is lively, comedy is joy, and that's what keeps us [people] going, we've got to look forward to little, little happiness's. Little, little joys, and comedy is very, very important, it's a vital. We underestimate its value, but we should see more comedies. Comedy is life giving, it's invigorating. I really believe it.
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You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.
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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.
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As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.
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Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the movie is made.
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Comedy is serious - deadly serious. Never, never try to be funny! The actors must be serious. Only the situation must be absurd. Funny is in the writing, not in the performing. If the situation isn't absurd, no amount of joke will help.
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