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Usually when a lot of men get together, it's called a war.

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Mel Brooks
Age: 98
Born: 1926
Born: June 28
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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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If Ivan the Terrible had been kissed and loved between zero and three, he probably would have become Ivan Not So Terrible. If you're Jewish, you have a small smile on your face. Because you know the rest are wrong and you don't want to hurt their feelings.
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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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Immortality is a by-product of good work.
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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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Ill just say whats in my heart: Ba-bump, ba-bump, ba-bump.
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I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn.
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My brothers went to work at 12 and put themselves through school and brought the family out of ruin into food and clothing.
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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 make people laugh for a living. I believe I can say objectively that what I do I do as well as anybody. Just say I'm one of the best broken field runners that ever lived. For 35 years I was a cult hero, an underground funny.
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Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the movie is made.
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Creative people should always be striving, they should always be hungry, they should be looking for the next place to go.
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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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