--- title: "14 Ifs Quotes By Mel Brooks" description: "14 Ifs quotes by Mel Brooks. Plus more from Mel Brooks and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/mel-brooks-2308_baby_that-s-it-baby-if-you-ve-got-it-flaunt-i_3220436.png" --- > [That's it baby, if you've got it, flaunt it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/that-s-it-baby-if-you-ve-got-it-flaunt-it/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/mel-brooks-2308_baby_that-s-it-baby-if-you-ve-got-it-flaunt-i_3220436.png) > [If you're alive, make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/if-you-re-alive-make-a-lot-of-noise-because-life-is-the-very-opposite/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/mel-brooks-2308_alive_if-you-re-alive-make-a-lot-of-noise-beca_1322255.png) > [ Being brave is being scared and worried and still doing it \[what you do\]. Because if you're just a wacko, a mashugana,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/being-brave-is-being-scared-and-worried-and-still-doing-it-what-you/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/221/mel-brooks-2308_being-scared_being-brave-is-being-scared-and-worried_1312430.png) > [Comedy is serious - deadly serious. Never, never try to be funny! The actors must be serious. Only the situation must be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/comedy-is-serious-deadly-serious-never-never-try-to-be-funny-the/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/114/mel-brooks-2308_absurd_comedy-is-serious-deadly-serious-never-n_2056600.png) > [I like people with big talents and small neuroses - not always an easy combination to find. I've discovered that if the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/i-like-people-with-big-talents-and-small-neuroses-not-always-an-easy/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a05/mel-brooks-2308_bigs_i-like-people-with-big-talents-and-small_2726899.png) > [Directing is a terrible, anxious process. It's all collaboration, and if you have a dream, it's diluted very quickly by the slightest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/directing-is-a-terrible-anxious-process-it-s-all-collaboration-and-if/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/116/mel-brooks-2308_anxious_directing-is-a-terrible-anxious-process_2004375.png) > [American sex is generally straight. It happens at 11 o'clock Saturday night. In the rural areas, it happens at nine and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/american-sex-is-generally-straight-it-happens-at-11-o-clock-saturday/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ef/mel-brooks-2308_areas_american-sex-is-generally-straight-it-ha_538188.jpg) > [There's no such thing as too far. If it works it's funny, if it doesn't work it's too far, it's stupid. Really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/there-s-no-such-thing-as-too-far-if-it-works-it-s-funny-if-it-doesn-t/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f29/mel-brooks-2308_army_there-s-no-such-thing-as-too-far-if-it-w_469263.png) > [Basically, I'm a writer. I'm the proprietor of the vision. I alone know what I eventually want to happen on the screen.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/basically-i-m-a-writer-i-m-the-proprietor-of-the-vision-i-alone-know/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/mel-brooks-2308_direct_basically-i-m-a-writer-i-m-the-proprieto_710204.png) > [If Ivan the Terrible had been kissed and loved between zero and three, he probably would have become Ivan Not So Terrible.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/if-ivan-the-terrible-had-been-kissed-and-loved-between-zero-and-three/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b1/mel-brooks-2308_faces_if-ivan-the-terrible-had-been-kissed-and_308833.png) > [You're young forever when you write. Alfred Hitchcock directed until the day he died. As long as you don't have any dementia…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/you-re-young-forever-when-you-write-alfred-hitchcock-directed-until/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9b/mel-brooks-2308_alfred-hitchcock_you-re-young-forever-when-you-write-alfr_477057.png) > [When I was a little kid, if somebody said they were thirty-five, I'd say "Oooh, they're going to die soon". But as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/when-i-was-a-little-kid-if-somebody-said-they-were-thirty-five-i-d/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b97/mel-brooks-2308_dies_when-i-was-a-little-kid-if-somebody-said_2602702.png) > [The more serious the situation, the funnier the comedy can be. The greatest comedy plays against the greatest tragedy. Comedy is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/the-more-serious-the-situation-the-funnier-the-comedy-can-be-the/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a8/mel-brooks-2308_balls_the-more-serious-the-situation-the-funni_1552252.jpg) > [I try to give my work everything I've got, because when you're dead or you're out of the business or you're in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/i-try-to-give-my-work-everything-i-ve-got-because-when-you-re-dead-or/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b24/mel-brooks-2308_actor_i-try-to-give-my-work-everything-i-ve-go_2045303.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Mel Brooks > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/woody-allen-is-a-genius-his-films-are-wonderful-he-s-poetic-but-he-s/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) > [ 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… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/comedy-is-lively-comedy-is-joy-and-that-s-what-keeps-us-people-going/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/all-right-i-am-often-brash-rude-and-brutally-direct-someday-i-m-going/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) > [I don't think in terms of results at all. I think: what next insanity can I shock the world with?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/i-don-t-think-in-terms-of-results-at-all-i-think-what-next-insanity/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) > [My mother is very short - four-eleven. She could walk under tables and never hit her head.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/my-mother-is-very-short-four-eleven-she-could-walk-under-tables-and/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/the-audience-they-see-the-name-mel-brooks-they-want-something-really/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) > [I realised that all one really had to do was just observe. Observe and slightly exaggerate, and you had comedy. Instead of creating a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/i-realised-that-all-one-really-had-to-do-was-just-observe-observe-and/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) > [Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/life-literally-abounds-in-comedy-if-you-just-look-around-you/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/look-i-really-don-t-want-to-wax-philosophic-but-i-will-say-that-if/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) > [I knew it... I'm surrounded by assholes!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/i-knew-it-i-m-surrounded-by-assholes/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) > [I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/i-was-in-the-army-and-to-me-it-was-like-a-newsreel/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) > [But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/but-i-have-bad-taste-with-a-deep-fount-of-intellectuality/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) > ['Mad About You' was very fun.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/mad-about-you-was-very-fun/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/immortality-is-a-by-product-of-good-work-masterpieces-are-not-for/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/if-ivan-the-terrible-had-been-kissed-and-loved-between-zero-and-three/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/mel-brooks/#itemlist", "name": "14 Ifs Quotes By Mel Brooks", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "That's it baby, if you've got it, flaunt it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mel Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/that-s-it-baby-if-you-ve-got-it-flaunt-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/mel-brooks-2308_baby_that-s-it-baby-if-you-ve-got-it-flaunt-i_3220436.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/mel-brooks-2308_baby_that-s-it-baby-if-you-ve-got-it-flaunt-i_3220436.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/mel-brooks-2308_baby_that-s-it-baby-if-you-ve-got-it-flaunt-i_3220436.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That's it baby, if you've got it, flaunt it.” — Mel Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you're alive, make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mel Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/if-you-re-alive-make-a-lot-of-noise-because-life-is-the-very-opposite/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/mel-brooks-2308_alive_if-you-re-alive-make-a-lot-of-noise-beca_1322255.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/mel-brooks-2308_alive_if-you-re-alive-make-a-lot-of-noise-beca_1322255.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e72/mel-brooks-2308_alive_if-you-re-alive-make-a-lot-of-noise-beca_1322255.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If you're alive, make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death.” — Mel Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Being brave is being scared and worried and still doing it [what you do]. 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So if you have a valuable idea, the only way to protect it is to direct it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mel Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/basically-i-m-a-writer-i-m-the-proprietor-of-the-vision-i-alone-know/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/mel-brooks-2308_direct_basically-i-m-a-writer-i-m-the-proprieto_710204.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/mel-brooks-2308_direct_basically-i-m-a-writer-i-m-the-proprieto_710204.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9c/mel-brooks-2308_direct_basically-i-m-a-writer-i-m-the-proprieto_710204.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Basically, I'm a writer. I'm the proprietor of the vision. I alone know what I eventually want to happen on…” — Mel Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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 Jewish, you have a small smile on your face. 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