--- title: "12 Want Quotes By Mel Brooks" description: "12 Want quotes by Mel Brooks. Plus more from Mel Brooks and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/mel-brooks-2308_comedy_we-want-to-get-people-laughing-we-don-t_1129188.png" --- > [We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/we-want-to-get-people-laughing-we-don-t-want-to-offend-anybody/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/mel-brooks-2308_comedy_we-want-to-get-people-laughing-we-don-t_1129188.png) > [You want to be as smart as you can about being stupid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/you-want-to-be-as-smart-as-you-can-about-being-stupid/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/mel-brooks-2308_being-stupid_you-want-to-be-as-smart-as-you-can-about_2030309.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) > [You want me to admit I'm a four-foot, six-inch freckle-faced person of Jewish extraction? I admit it. All but the extraction. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/you-want-me-to-admit-i-m-a-four-foot-six-inch-freckle-faced-person-of/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/21e/mel-brooks-2308_bothered_you-want-me-to-admit-i-m-a-four-foot-six_874777.jpg) > [Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/look-i-don-t-want-to-wax-philosophic-but-i-will-say-that-if-you-re/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4c/mel-brooks-2308_alive_look-i-don-t-want-to-wax-philosophic-but_1007899.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/mel-brooks-2308_appreciated_my-movies-were-not-reaping-the-kind-of-e_644162.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) > [The audience. They see the name Mel Brooks, they want something really funny. They don't want to be moved; they don't want…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/mel-brooks-2308_agree_the-audience-they-see-the-name-mel-brook_114482.jpg) > [The audience got jaded, they want a hit, they want a big success, and so you don't want to experiment because you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/the-audience-got-jaded-they-want-a-hit-they-want-a-big-success-and-so/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/mel-brooks-2308_audience_the-audience-got-jaded-they-want-a-hit-t_1907104.png) > [What ignited the rocket that sent you up into the vast regions of comedy, and why? I would say, for me, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/what-ignited-the-rocket-that-sent-you-up-into-the-vast-regions-of/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/mel-brooks-2308_attention_what-ignited-the-rocket-that-sent-you-up_2956475.jpg) > [When I'm writing a script, I don't worry about plot as much as I do about people. I get to know the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/when-i-m-writing-a-script-i-don-t-worry-about-plot-as-much-as-i-do/) [Mel Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mel-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b46/mel-brooks-2308_action_when-i-m-writing-a-script-i-don-t-worry_2856408.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) ## Other authors on Want ## 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/want/mel-brooks/#itemlist", "name": "12 Want Quotes By Mel Brooks", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mel Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/we-want-to-get-people-laughing-we-don-t-want-to-offend-anybody/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/mel-brooks-2308_comedy_we-want-to-get-people-laughing-we-don-t_1129188.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/mel-brooks-2308_comedy_we-want-to-get-people-laughing-we-don-t_1129188.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ed/mel-brooks-2308_comedy_we-want-to-get-people-laughing-we-don-t_1129188.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.” — Mel Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You want to be as smart as you can about being stupid.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mel Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/you-want-to-be-as-smart-as-you-can-about-being-stupid/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/mel-brooks-2308_being-stupid_you-want-to-be-as-smart-as-you-can-about_2030309.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/mel-brooks-2308_being-stupid_you-want-to-be-as-smart-as-you-can-about_2030309.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/169/mel-brooks-2308_being-stupid_you-want-to-be-as-smart-as-you-can-about_2030309.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You want to be as smart as you can about being stupid.” — Mel Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Basically, I'm a writer. 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I wanted them to be appreciated and they weren't. I didn't want the reviews to say, \"Mel Brooks has made another movie,\" and you get the title somewhere in the second paragraph.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mel Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/my-movies-were-not-reaping-the-kind-of-emotional-rewards-that-i/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/mel-brooks-2308_appreciated_my-movies-were-not-reaping-the-kind-of-e_644162.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/mel-brooks-2308_appreciated_my-movies-were-not-reaping-the-kind-of-e_644162.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61e/mel-brooks-2308_appreciated_my-movies-were-not-reaping-the-kind-of-e_644162.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My movies were not reaping the kind of emotional rewards that I wanted. 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Really there's no such thing as \"too far.\" You're joining the politically correct when you use words like \"too far.\" You don't want to join the army of politically correct.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mel Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/there-s-no-such-thing-as-too-far-if-it-works-it-s-funny-if-it-doesn-t/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f29/mel-brooks-2308_army_there-s-no-such-thing-as-too-far-if-it-w_469263.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f29/mel-brooks-2308_army_there-s-no-such-thing-as-too-far-if-it-w_469263.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f29/mel-brooks-2308_army_there-s-no-such-thing-as-too-far-if-it-w_469263.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There's no such thing as too far. 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[...] I get more letters for Twelve Chairs and Life Stinks than I get from any other movies, because people actually agree with the philosophy, or were moved, or they love the movie.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mel Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/the-audience-they-see-the-name-mel-brooks-they-want-something-really/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/mel-brooks-2308_agree_the-audience-they-see-the-name-mel-brook_114482.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/mel-brooks-2308_agree_the-audience-they-see-the-name-mel-brook_114482.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/516/mel-brooks-2308_agree_the-audience-they-see-the-name-mel-brook_114482.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The audience. They see the name Mel Brooks, they want something really funny. They don't want to be moved…” — Mel Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 9, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The audience got jaded, they want a hit, they want a big success, and so you don't want to experiment because you say, well, I'll disappoint the audience, they may not like it, I better do something that I think is more commercial.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mel Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/the-audience-got-jaded-they-want-a-hit-they-want-a-big-success-and-so/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/mel-brooks-2308_audience_the-audience-got-jaded-they-want-a-hit-t_1907104.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/mel-brooks-2308_audience_the-audience-got-jaded-they-want-a-hit-t_1907104.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0a1/mel-brooks-2308_audience_the-audience-got-jaded-they-want-a-hit-t_1907104.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The audience got jaded, they want a hit, they want a big success, and so you don't want to experiment…” — Mel Brooks", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "What ignited the rocket that sent you up into the vast regions of comedy, and why? I would say, for me, that philosophical treatise about having black beginnings and wanting love to compensate for that, wanting audiences and wanting attention - I say, \"Au contraire.\" Completely opposite. I want the continuation of my mother's incredible love and attention to me.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mel Brooks" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mel-brooks/what-ignited-the-rocket-that-sent-you-up-into-the-vast-regions-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/mel-brooks-2308_attention_what-ignited-the-rocket-that-sent-you-up_2956475.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/mel-brooks-2308_attention_what-ignited-the-rocket-that-sent-you-up_2956475.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d5/mel-brooks-2308_attention_what-ignited-the-rocket-that-sent-you-up_2956475.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“What ignited the rocket that sent you up into the vast regions of comedy, and why? 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