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title: "57 Mel Brooks Quotes by 40 authors"
description: "Browse 57 Mel Brooks quotes by 40 authors. Discover the best Mel Brooks sayings and thoughts."
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> [Ill give you an idea of how Jewish Mel Brooks is: Thats a nose job.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-short/ill-give-you-an-idea-of-how-jewish-mel-brooks-is-thats-a-nose-job/)

[Martin Short](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-short/)

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> [I got a chance to work with Mel Brooks on two of his films: Silent Movie and High Anxiety.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-levinson/i-got-a-chance-to-work-with-mel-brooks-on-two-of-his-films-silent/)

[Barry Levinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-levinson/)

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> [We pay homage to the people who came before, doing satires, like Mel Brooks; we're just carrying the torch.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-wayans/we-pay-homage-to-the-people-who-came-before-doing-satires-like-mel/)

[Shawn Wayans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shawn-wayans/)

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> [We used to quote Mel Brooks lines when we grew up. He's my biggest hero.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-evans/we-used-to-quote-mel-brooks-lines-when-we-grew-up-he-s-my-biggest-hero/)

[Lee Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-evans/)

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> [Mel Brooks is one of the few authentic geniuses working in comedy in America today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wilder/mel-brooks-is-one-of-the-few-authentic-geniuses-working-in-comedy-in/)

[Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-wilder/)

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> [I am a huge Mel Brooks fan. And I do think that not seeing his canon of classics is a bit criminal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-lutz/i-am-a-huge-mel-brooks-fan-and-i-do-think-that-not-seeing-his-canon/)

[Lisa Lutz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-lutz/)

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> [“The Trump campaign had, perhaps less than inadvertently, replicated the scheme from Mel Brooks’s The Producers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-wolff/the-trump-campaign-had-perhaps-less-than-inadvertently-replicated-the/)

[Michael Wolff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-wolff/)

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> [What I learned from Mel Brooks was audacity - in performance as in life. Maybe you go too far, but try it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wilder/what-i-learned-from-mel-brooks-was-audacity-in-performance-as-in-life/)

[Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-wilder/)

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> [I was immediately into all the great movie comedians - Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder. Everything those guys had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-benson/i-was-immediately-into-all-the-great-movie-comedians-woody-allen-mel/)

[Doug Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-benson/)

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> [I've always looked up to Amy Poehler and, obviously, people like Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, Mel Brooks, and the 'Monty Python' guys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-samberg/i-ve-always-looked-up-to-amy-poehler-and-obviously-people-like-adam/)

[Andy Samberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-samberg/)

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> [I certainly didn't have New York Jewish humor. But I was in three Mel Brooks films so people thought I was a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wilder/i-certainly-didn-t-have-new-york-jewish-humor-but-i-was-in-three-mel/)

[Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-wilder/)

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> [I first got involved with Mel Brooks through 'The Elephant Man.' Everybody knows now, but they didn't know at the time that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hurt/i-first-got-involved-with-mel-brooks-through-the-elephant-man/)

[John Hurt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hurt/)

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> [Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner are the funniest dudes ever, and they have great careers on their own. They made great art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-kroll/mel-brooks-and-carl-reiner-are-the-funniest-dudes-ever-and-they-have/)

[Nick Kroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-kroll/)

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> [I think that all the Mel Brooks' company of actors is just tremendous. It was a crazy group of genius people. All…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brett-gelman/i-think-that-all-the-mel-brooks-company-of-actors-is-just-tremendous/)

[Brett Gelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brett-gelman/)

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> [Meeting Mel Brooks was like talking to a drum kit. He talks in rhythm - it's like 'Ba-ba-da, ba-ba-daaa, whoossssh.' 'Endgame' is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-evans/meeting-mel-brooks-was-like-talking-to-a-drum-kit-he-talks-in-rhythm/)

[Lee Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-evans/)

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> [The person who should really write an appreciation of the late great Dom DeLuise is Burt Reynolds, who, even more than Mel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rich-cohen/the-person-who-should-really-write-an-appreciation-of-the-late-great/)

[Rich Cohen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rich-cohen/)

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> [I used to like watching the Carol Burnett Show. I thought Carol Burnett was very funny. And I liked Madeline Kahn a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-rudd/i-used-to-like-watching-the-carol-burnett-show-i-thought-carol/)

[Paul Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-rudd/)

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> [Woody Allen stayed so good because he never left New York. Howard Stern stayed so good because he never left New York…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/artie-lange/woody-allen-stayed-so-good-because-he-never-left-new-york-howard/)

[Artie Lange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/artie-lange/)

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> [I was always a big fan of Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner's '2000-Year-Old Man' sketch. I think it's one of the biggest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-aukerman/i-was-always-a-big-fan-of-mel-brooks-and-carl-reiner-s-2000-year-old/)

[Scott Aukerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-aukerman/)

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> [I remember reading Dave Barry for the first time and being like oh my God I can't believe you can do this.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-stoller/i-remember-reading-dave-barry-for-the-first-time-and-being-like-oh-my/)

[Nicholas Stoller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-stoller/)

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> [I personally find it difficult to accept that there could be anyone on earth insensitive to the comic abilities of Laurel and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-allen/i-personally-find-it-difficult-to-accept-that-there-could-be-anyone/)

[Steve Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steve-allen/)

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> [ With Mel \[Brooks\], only one time and that was later on during "Young Frankenstein" - never with Zero \[Mostel\] and never with… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wilder/with-mel-brooks-only-one-time-and-that-was-later-on-during-young/)

[Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-wilder/)

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> [Mel Brooks came to see Oh, Hello in L.A. Mulaney and I had a meeting with him, and we invited him to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nick-kroll/mel-brooks-came-to-see-oh-hello-in-l-a-mulaney-and-i-had-a-meeting/)

[Nick Kroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nick-kroll/)

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> [My parents took me to that I think is just one of those near-perfect comedies is Young Frankenstein. Gene Wilder and Mel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doug-benson/my-parents-took-me-to-that-i-think-is-just-one-of-those-near-perfect/)

[Doug Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doug-benson/)

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> [They wanted me to play third like Brooks so I did play like Brooks - Mel Brooks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-van-slyke/they-wanted-me-to-play-third-like-brooks-so-i-did-play-like-brooks/)

[Andy Van Slyke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-van-slyke/)

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> [I mean I would still love to be in Mel Brooks' movies; he's great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/armie-hammer/i-mean-i-would-still-love-to-be-in-mel-brooks-movies-he-s-great/)

[Armie Hammer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/armie-hammer/)

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> [I grew up on Mel Brooks films. That was film to me until I got a little bit older and realised there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-gosling/i-grew-up-on-mel-brooks-films-that-was-film-to-me-until-i-got-a/)

[Ryan Gosling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-gosling/)

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> [Coleman Jacoby and Arnie Rosen won an Emmy and Mel Brooks didn't! Niezsche was right! There is no God! There is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/coleman-jacoby-and-arnie-rosen-won-an-emmy-and-mel-brooks-didn-t/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

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> [As a kid, I always loved Mel Brooks' stuff - 'The 2,000 Year Old Man' record was something my dad put me onto.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-gondelman/as-a-kid-i-always-loved-mel-brooks-stuff-the-2-000-year-old-man/)

[Josh Gondelman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-gondelman/)

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> [My movies were not reaping the kind of emotional rewards that I wanted. I wanted them to be appreciated and they weren't.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/my-movies-were-not-reaping-the-kind-of-emotional-rewards-that-i/)

[Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/)

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> [I'm a working-class former apprentice electrician; at the age of 14, if you'd told me I would one day be standing on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-gordon-sinclair/i-m-a-working-class-former-apprentice-electrician-at-the-age-of-14-if/)

[John Gordon Sinclair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-gordon-sinclair/)

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> [ \[ Zero Mostel\] would tell anyone anything, not to be impolite, but he'd show that he wasn't at all afraid of however… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wilder/zero-mostel-would-tell-anyone-anything-not-to-be-impolite-but-he-d/)

[Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-wilder/)

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> [Preston Sturges is one of my favorites. I learned about dialogue and timing from him - louder, faster, funnier. But I do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clara-mamet/preston-sturges-is-one-of-my-favorites-i-learned-about-dialogue-and/)

[Clara Mamet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clara-mamet/)

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> [All comedy does that. Every comedian I can think of - Larry David, Seinfeld, Mel Brooks, Chris Rock - that's where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-fogel/all-comedy-does-that-every-comedian-i-can-think-of-larry-david/)

[Bryan Fogel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-fogel/)

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> [The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-allen/the-three-theater-peeps-i-would-love-to-dine-with-are-mel-brooks/)

[Nancy Allen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-allen/)

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> [I remember seeing Airplane, and even Mel Brooks movies like History of the World Part I, and just really loving that style…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ashley-tisdale/i-remember-seeing-airplane-and-even-mel-brooks-movies-like-history-of/)

[Ashley Tisdale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ashley-tisdale/)

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> [Silence in the turmoil of the theater world made me survive 50 years without speaking on a stage, only to say 'No'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-marceau/silence-in-the-turmoil-of-the-theater-world-made-me-survive-50-years/)

[Marcel Marceau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-marceau/)

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> [ I was miscast in that production \[of Mother Courage and Her Children\] ... but it was with Anne Bancroft, whose boyfriend at… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-wilder/i-was-miscast-in-that-production-of-mother-courage-and-her-children/)

[Gene Wilder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-wilder/)

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> [Id like to acknowledge three people who early on knew Mel Brooks was one of the funniest people in the world: Sid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-reiner/id-like-to-acknowledge-three-people-who-early-on-knew-mel-brooks-was/)

[Carl Reiner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-reiner/)

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> [The hardest I've ever laughed in a cinema was at 'Silent Movie' by Mel Brooks. I was 12-ish and I actually fell…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-lock/the-hardest-i-ve-ever-laughed-in-a-cinema-was-at-silent-movie-by-mel/)

[Sean Lock](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-lock/)

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