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 audience. They see the name Mel Brooks, they want something really funny. They don't want to be moved; they don't want… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I also try to surround myself with people I love - make a family out of the company. So I tend to… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
When I was a little kid at home, I thought the whole world was Jewish. For years I thought Roosevelt was Jewish.… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Why should I waste my good time making a straight dramatic film? The people who can't make you laugh can do that. — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin.... — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
You often hear that people go into show business to find the love they never had when they were children. Never believe… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible. The job is to make people laugh. I don't have… — 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
In real life people fart, in the movies, people don't. Why not? Farts are a repressed minority. The mouth gets to say… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I'm always stunned when I find out people like Roosevelt and Tolstoy weren't Jewish. How could I love them so much? — 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
Creative people should always be striving, they should always be hungry, they should be looking for the next place to go. — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I always thought it was great to be able to make people feel better. It was a little like being God. — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
There's a lot of things that I've done to stick into the box set. You never have it this good. I think… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I like people with big talents and small neuroses - not always an easy combination to find. I've discovered that if the… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I have been lucky that some critics joined the mob in loving something I've done, or in appreciating it. I've been lucky.… — 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
I make people laugh for a living. I believe I can say objectively that what I do I do as well as… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
When I'm writing a script, I don't worry about plot as much as I do about people. I get to know the… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give… — Mel Brooks Copy Share Image
I'm still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when… — 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
