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- Why should I indulge myself and do a David Lean -ish kind of film? I could do my little Jewish Brief Encounter (1945) and disguise it - shorten the noses. But it wouldn't be as much fun as delivering my dish of insanity. I cut my finger. That's tragedy. A man walks into an open sewer and dies. That's comedy. My movies rise below vulgarity.
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- “I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit.” ― Mel Brooks.
- “Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.” ― Mel Brooks.
- “As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.” ― Mel Brooks.
- “Hope for the Best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed.” ― Mel Brooks.
Aug 4, 2016 · 21 Mel Brooks Quotes That Will Inspire You and Make You Smile. Mel Brooks has made people laugh and think for decades. No one is better at turning ideas into humorous success. Everyone...
- Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die. Mel Brooks.
- Humor is just another defense against the universe. Mel Brooks.
- If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets. Mel Brooks.
- 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.
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Mel Brooks was born in Brooklyn, but grew up together with his three older brothers in Williamsburg. His parents were Max Brooks and Kate Brookman Kaminsky. When he was two, his father died of kidney disease. Of his father’s sudden demise, an older Brooks noted in an interview that he was outraged. He was angry at the world. And so, much of his com...
In the mid-1960s, on his own, Mel Brooks received recognition for his work at Get Smart, a TV series starring Don Adams. He also worked on an animated short film, The Critic, which received an Academy Award. In 1968, Brooks directed and wrote his first feature-length film, The Producers. Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder starred in the hilarious, witty f...
Mel Brooks is part of an elite group of people who have earned multiple Academy, Emmy, Grammy, and Tony awards. He earned one Grammy award for the Broadway adaptation of his film The Producers. He got another one for The 2000 Year Old Man in The Year 2000, a comedy album. He received an Emmy award for his written work on his variety show, and then ...
Brooks’ first marriage was with Florence Baum. Their union lasted nine years (1953 to 1962) before they divorced. Together, they had three children. Brooks met popular film, TV, and stage actress Anne Bancroft in 1961 at a rehearsal for a variety show. On August 5, 1964, Brooks and Bancroft got married in Manhattan. The two remained married until 2...
“I’ve been accused of vulgarity. I say that’s bullsh*t.” – Mel Brooks“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.” – Mel Brooks“As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.” – Mel Brooks“Hope for the Best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We’re unrehearsed.” – Mel Brooks“The only thing we don’t have a god for is premature ejaculation…but I hear that it’s coming quickly.” – Mel Brooks“If you’re quiet, you’re not living. You’ve got to be noisy and colorful and lively.” – Mel BrooksApr 6, 2024 · Mel is sensual with me. He treats me like an uncle — a dirty uncle. He's an earthy man and very moral underneath. He has traditional values. Madeline Kahn, as quoted in "The Mad Mad Mel Brooks" by Paul D. Zimmerman, in Newsweek (17 February 1975)
I would say I'm a short genius. I'd rather be tall and normal than a short genius. I'm the only Jew who ever made a buck offa 'Hitler'! [on the late Zero Mostel] He could be wicked and cruel, and he could be almost sweet, loving, kind, generous. The great thing about Zero was that he was uniquely gifted.
