243 Quotes by Mel Brooks

In every spoof I make real love to the things I am spoofing.

Look, I had to take chances or it wasn't fun being funny.

You want me to admit I'm a four-foot, six-inch freckle-faced person of Jewish extraction? I admit it. All but the extraction. But being short never bothered me for three seconds. The rest of the time I wanted to commit suicide.

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

My God, I'd love to smash into the casket of Dostoyevsky, grab that bony hand and scream at the remains, 'Well done, you god-damn genius.'

I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.

I love gentiles. In fact, on of my favorite activities is Protestant spotting.

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

Never retire! Do what you do and keep doing it. But don't do it on Friday. Take Friday off. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, go fishing...Then Monday to Thursday, do what you've been doing all your life. My point is: Live full and don't retreat.