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.… — 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… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
The more serious the situation, the funnier the comedy can be. The greatest comedy plays against the greatest tragedy. Comedy is a… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
When you get big special effects pictures, sci-fi and things, there's little or no comedy. Or it's a domestic comedy and there's… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
The thing is to be brave and move the audience with you, instead of cater to the lowest common denominator, you know,… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Comedy is serious - deadly serious. Never, never try to be funny! The actors must be serious. Only the situation must be… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die. — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
What ignited the rocket that sent you up into the vast regions of comedy, and why? I would say, for me, that… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances. — 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
