“Tragedy is when I stub my toe. Comedy is when you fall into an open manhole and die.” — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
“Comedy is protest. It's "I beg to differ," if you're fancy, or if you're Jewish, "Hey, listen to this!” — 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
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
Humor keeps the elderly rolling along, singing a song. When you laugh, its an involuntary explosion of the lungs. The lungs need… — 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
I love [Nikolai] Gogol's great eye for idiot behavior. Gogol said that life is so tragic, so stupendously sad that we'd better… — 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
Feeling different, feeling alienated, feeling persecuted, feeling that the only way to deal with the world is to laugh - because if… — 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.… — 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
I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances. — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.” — 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
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
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
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/ffe/mel-brooks-2308_behavior_i-love-nikolai-gogol-s-great-eye-for-idi_905127.jpg)
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/936/mel-brooks-2308_believe_comedy-is-lively-comedy-is-joy-and-that_36043.jpg)
![“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/quotes/img-quotes/516/mel-brooks-2308_agree_the-audience-they-see-the-name-mel-brook_114482.jpg)
