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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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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
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If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
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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!
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I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.
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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.
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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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