There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere. — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
It would be hypocritical of me to take issue with anything in questionable taste, seeing that I invented bad taste in films. — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Making a movie is like making an ocean voyage, and the script is your ship. — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Sir, I have seen your film and it is vulgar! Madame, my film rises below vulgarity. — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Why should I waste my good time making a straight dramatic film? The people who can't make you laugh can do that. — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
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… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Directing is a terrible, anxious process. It's all collaboration, and if you have a dream, it's diluted very quickly by the slightest… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
My movies were not reaping the kind of emotional rewards that I wanted. I wanted them to be appreciated and they weren't.… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Woody Allen is a genius. His films are wonderful. He's poetic, but he's also a critic. He artfully steps back from a… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Basically, I'm a writer. I'm the proprietor of the vision. I alone know what I eventually want to happen on the screen.… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
The audience. They see the name Mel Brooks, they want something really funny. They don't want to be moved; they don't want… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Woody Allen is a genius. His films are wonderful. He's poetic, but he's also a critic. He artfully steps back from a social setting… — Mel Brooks Copy Share
Comedy is lively, comedy is joy, and that's what keeps us [people] going, we've got to look forward to little, little happiness's. Little, little… — Mel Brooks Copy Share
All right, I am often brash, rude and brutally direct. Someday I'm going to die and I don't have time to toe-dance around the… — Mel Brooks Copy Share
I don't think in terms of results at all. I think: what next insanity can I shock the world with? — Mel Brooks Copy Share
My mother is very short - four-eleven. She could walk under tables and never hit her head. — Mel Brooks Copy Share
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… — Mel Brooks Copy Share
I realised that all one really had to do was just observe. Observe and slightly exaggerate, and you had comedy. Instead of creating a… — Mel Brooks Copy Share
Look, I really don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive, you got to flap your arms and legs,… — Mel Brooks Copy Share
Immortality is a by-product of good work. Masterpieces are not for artists, they're for critics. Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back… — Mel Brooks Copy Share
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… — Mel Brooks Copy Share
![“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…” quote by Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/516/mel-brooks-2308_agree_the-audience-they-see-the-name-mel-brook_114482.jpg)
