Mel Brooks

Bad taste is simply saying the truth before it should be said.

Immortality is a by-product of good work.

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

I know I'm not the kind of person who's gonna wind up a walking jukebox, like many rock 'n' roll artists. They just play their hits and that's it. That doesn't appeal to me.

Chris O'Dowd is a very special talent. He's one of those very, very rare actors who can be the clown, or he can be the straight man playing off the clown, in a scene.

It's good to like yourself, and that only comes from hard work, from doing. But vanity is dangerous; it can trip you badly.