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Look, I had to take chances or it wasn't fun being funny.
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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
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I'm married to a beautiful and talented woman who can lift your spirits just by looking at you.
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We want to get people laughing we don't want to offend anybody.
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We rest our case on the production numbers.
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When I'm writing a script, I don't worry about plot as much as I do about people. I get to know the main characters - what they need, what they want, what they should do. That's what gets the story going. You can't just have action, you've got to find out what the characters want. And then they must grow, they must go somewhere.
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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.
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I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.
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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.
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I usually start with the words. The rhythm of the words gives me the rhythm of the song, and then I look for the musical highlights in it to carry it.
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Being short never bothered me for three seconds. The rest of the time I wanted to commit suicide.
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Don’t be stupid, be a smarty / Come and join the Nazi Party!
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Well, you know, 'Spaceballs' is a weird combination, because it's a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it's crazy and out-there and making fun of and taking apart sci-fi, 'Star Wars', and 'Star Trek'.
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I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.
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Basically, I'm a writer. I'm the proprietor of the vision. I alone know what I eventually want to happen on the screen. So if you have a valuable idea, the only way to protect it is to direct it.
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If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
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Usually when a lot of men get together, it's called a war.
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Look at Jewish history. Unrelieved lamenting would be intolerable. So for every ten Jews beating their breasts, God designated one to be crazy and amuse the breast-beaters. By the time I was five I knew I was that one.
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Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
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