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
There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere. — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I also try to surround myself with people I love - make a family out of the company. So I tend to… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
The brilliance of Max Brooks is that he always quotes authorities at the back of his books that never existed. Like a… — 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
Coleman Jacoby and Arnie Rosen won an Emmy and Mel Brooks didn't! Niezsche was right! There is no God! There is no… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
My mother is very short - four-eleven. She could walk under tables and never hit her head. — 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 to be… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
