About Mel Brooks
He is one of the few entertainers to win an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar and a Tony, and has received honors such as the Kennedy Center Honor in 2009, a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2010, the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2013, a British Film Institute Fellowship in 2015, the National Medal of Arts in 2016, a BAFTA Fellowship in 2017 and an Honorary Academy Award in 2024.
![“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 joys, and comedy is very, very important, it's a vital. We underestimate its value, but we should see more comedies. Comedy is life giving, it's…” quote by Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/936/mel-brooks-2308_believe_comedy-is-lively-comedy-is-joy-and-that_36043.png)
![“I love [Nikolai] Gogol's great eye for idiot behavior. Gogol said that life is so tragic, so stupendously sad that we'd better laugh a lot and enjoy ourselves. You either get a sense of humor going or you go under.” quote by Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ffe/mel-brooks-2308_behavior_i-love-nikolai-gogol-s-great-eye-for-idi_905127.png)
