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 started with [Leo] Tolstoy and I was overwhelmed. Tolstoy writes like an ocean, in huge, rolling waves, and it doesn't look… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Any man's greatness is a tribute to the nobility of all mankind, so when we celebrate the genius of [Leo] Tolstoy, we… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I was adored [as a kid]. I was always in the air, hurled up and kissed and thrown in the air again.… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I usually start with the words. The rhythm of the words gives me the rhythm of the song, and then I look… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Look at Jewish history. Unrelieved lamenting would be intolerable. So for every ten Jews beating their breasts, God designated one to be… — 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
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![“I was adored [as a kid]. I was always in the air, hurled up and kissed and thrown in the air again. Until I was six, my feet didn't touch the ground. "Look at those eyes! That nose! Those lips! That tooth! Get that child away from me, quick! I'll eat him!" Giving that up was very difficult later…” quote by Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9c9/mel-brooks-2308_air_i-was-adored-as-a-kid-i-was-always-in-th_1471838.jpg)
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