About Mel Brooks: Melvin James "Mel" Brooks is an American film director, screenwriter, comedian, actor, producer, composer, and songwriter.
We rest our case on the production numbers.
'Mad About You' was very fun.
I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.
My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.
As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.
I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.
I wish I was better looking.
I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous.
No, no, the songs write themselves, almost.
There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere.
I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.
The only thing we don't have a god for is premature ejaculation... but I hear that it's coming quickly.
I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know.
Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.
I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.
If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.
Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.
Humor is just another defense against the universe.
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 legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully...
I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.
I know how to make it a great musical. I've got to. It's like I've got to see it on stage.
