Quotes By Mel Brooks

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

Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart.

We rest our case on the production numbers.

I don't believe in this business of being behind, better to be in front.

If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.

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.

I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.

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.

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.

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

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

Anybody can direct, but there are only eleven good writers.

'Mad About You' was very fun.

Well, you know, 'Spaceballs' is a weird combination, because it's a simple, sweet little fairytale, and it's crazy and out-there and making fun of and taking apart sci-fi, 'Star Wars', and 'Star Trek'.

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

I like Chris Rock. He's dangerous.

If Shaw and Einstein couldn't beat death, what chance have I got? Practically none.