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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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We want to get people laughing we don't want to offend anybody.
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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.
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I only direct in self-defense.
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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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My favorite expression is: When you go up to the bell, ring it ? or don't go up to the bell.
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If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
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As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin those guys mean a lot to me.
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One day, God said 'Let there be prey.' And he created pigeons, rabbits, lambs and Gene Wilder.
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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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When you get big special effects pictures, sci-fi and things, there's little or no comedy. Or it's a domestic comedy and there's not one special effect. But very rarely do these things fuse and come out right.
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Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.
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Directing is a terrible, anxious process. It's all collaboration, and if you have a dream, it's diluted very quickly by the slightest ineptness in any of your collaborators. They're supposed to help you, but too often they help you into your grave.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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