I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances. Mel Brooks acceptbadcomedy Change image and share on social
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, or you're not alive. Mel Brooks alivearmcolorfully share on social
If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country. Mel Brooks countrypresidentwive Change image and share on social
You got to be brave. If you feel something, you've really got to risk it. Mel Brooks bravefeelhave Change image and share on social
I'm rather secular. I'm basically Jewish. But I think I'm Jewish not because of the Jewish religion at all. Mel Brooks basicallyjewishreligion Change image and share on social
If you're quiet, you're not living. You've got to be noisy and colorful and lively. Mel Brooks colorfulhavelive Change image and share on social
I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel. Mel Brooks armynewsreel Change image and share on social
These men both publicly and privately have done so much for me. Without Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick I would be living in a little motel just around the corner here, trying to make ends meet. Mel Brooks broderickcornerend Change image and share on social
A brushstroke of vanity is good to add into the mix, to balance your timidity. We're all blessed with a lot of timidity and a lot of worry and anxiety, and vanity is a good antidote. Mel Brooks addantidoteanxiety Change image and share on social
If you stand on a soapbox and trade rhetoric with a dictator you never win. Mel Brooks dictatorrhetoricsoapbox Change image and share on social