Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.
Anybody can direct. There are only 11 good writers.
As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.
Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him.
Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love.
He who hesitates is poor.
Humor is just another defense against the universe.
I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
I only direct in self-defense.
If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.
If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.
If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively.
Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive.
Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.
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.
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
We rest our case on the production numbers.
We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.
You're always a little disappointing in person because you can't be the edited essence of yourself.
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Mel frequently uses in his movies the line: "we have much to do and less time to do it in".
Mel was named one of E!'s "top 20 entertainers of 2001."
Mel's grandson, Henry Michael Brooks, was born April 2005.
Mel's favorite films are The Bicycle Thief (1948) and Grand Illusion (1937).
Mel's stage name is an adaptation of his mother's maiden name (Brookman).
Though Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein are often cited as Mel's best and most popular films as a director, his biggest video sales are Spaceballs and Robin Hood: Men In Tights.
Mel's visionary film company, Brooksfilms Limited, has produced some of America's most distinguished films, including The Elephant Man, The Fly, Frances, My Favourite Year and 84 Charing Cross Road.
Mel screenplay for The Producers and his Animated Short Subject The Critic AND ...a four-time Emmy winner - one as a writer on The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner, Howard Morris Special, and three for his guest appearances on Mad about you AND ...a three-time Tony winner for his first Boradway production, The Producers; the new Mel Brooks musical, which earned him awards for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical and Best Musical Score in 2001 AND ...a three-time Grammy-winner - for Best Musical Show Album for The Producers; B e s t Long Form Music Video for Recording The Producers:AMusical Romp with Mel Brooks; and Best Spoken Word Album: Comedy for The 2000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000.
Mel produced and wrote the music, lyrics, and book for the Broadway musical version of The Producers.
Mel's height is 5' 7" (1.70 m).
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