Mel Brooks Quotes by Gene Wilder
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Gene Wilder’s affection for Mel Brooks shines through in these nine brief lines. They’re playful and affectionate, offering a quick glimpse into their comedic camaraderie.
All Mel Brooks quotes Gene Wilder’s page
Gene Wilder’s affection for Mel Brooks shines through in these nine brief lines. They’re playful and affectionate, offering a quick glimpse into their comedic camaraderie.
![“I was miscast in that production [of Mother Courage and Her Children] ... but it was with Anne Bancroft, whose boyfriend at the time was Mel Brooks, and that made my - I can't say my day, it made my life, in a way.” quote by Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ffd/gene-wilder-3914_brooks_i-was-miscast-in-that-production-of-moth_2851071.jpg)
![“I met Mel [Brooks] backstage in Anne's [Bancroft] dressing room. He was wearing one of those pea coats, pea jackets that were made famous by the Merchant Marines, and I admired it and he said, "You know, they used to call this a urine jacket, but it didn't sell."” quote by Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/8c6/gene-wilder-3914_brooks_i-met-mel-brooks-backstage-in-anne-s-ban_2497273.jpg)
![“With Mel [Brooks], only one time and that was later on during "Young Frankenstein" - never with Zero [Mostel] and never with Mel except I was writing every day, and then Mel would come to the house and read what I'd written. And then he'd say, yeah, yeah, yeah, OK, yeah, OK. But we need a villain…” quote by Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4f4/gene-wilder-3914_brooks_with-mel-brooks-only-one-time-and-that-w_602487.jpg)
![“[ Zero Mostel] would tell anyone anything, not to be impolite, but he'd show that he wasn't at all afraid of however much money that person [had] or whatever title they had in a company. It didn't scare him. Mel [Brooks] was very much the same way.” quote by Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4d0/gene-wilder-3914_brooks_zero-mostel-would-tell-anyone-anything-n_2656684.jpg)
![“And Mel [Brooks] - you have to understand this important point - he had done "The Producers" for $50,000 over two years, and he didn't make a penny from it. And then he did "The Twelve Chairs" - $50,000 for two more years and didn't make a penny from it. That's four years of work. And then they…” quote by Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/236/gene-wilder-3914_bits_and-mel-brooks-you-have-to-understand-th_2047500.jpg)
![“[Gilda Radner] died in '89, and I got non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2000. I've just passed the five-year mark and I'm now what you call - well, it's called complete remission, but I'm cured. I'm fine.” quote by Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a19/gene-wilder-3914_died_gilda-radner-died-in-89-and-i-got-non-ho_55482.jpg)
