Mel Brooks Quotes

Excuse me, is this England?

Mel Brooks

But I have bad taste with a deep fount of intellectuality.

Mel Brooks

• Bad
• Deep

President Skroob: What the hell, it works on Star Trek!

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• Star

Dark Helmet: I see your schwartz is as big as mine.

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• Dark

It's talent. Either you got it or you ain't.

Mel Brooks

I know how to make it a great musical. I've got to. It's like I've got to see it on stage.

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• Great

My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.

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• People
• Job

There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere.

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• Army

I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.

Mel Brooks

I wish I was better looking.

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• Wish

Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy.

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• Joy
• Laughter

Who's the dummy writing this show?!

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• Writing

Sheriff Bart: Excuse me while I whip this out.

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Leo Bloom: Actors are not animals! They're human beings!Max Bialystock: They are? Have you ever eaten with one?

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Stormtrooper Mel : Don't be stupid, be a smarty Come and join the Nazi Party!

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• Party
• Stupid

Max Bialystock: How could this happen? I was so careful. I picked the wrong play, the wrong director, the wrong cast. Where did I go right?

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We want to get people laughing; we don't want to offend anybody.

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• People

I only direct in self-defense.

Mel Brooks

If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win.

Mel Brooks