243 Quotes by Mel Brooks

Don’t be stupid, be a smarty / Come and join the Nazi Party!

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

Basically, I'm a writer. I'm the proprietor of the vision. I alone know what I eventually want to happen on the screen. So if you have a valuable idea, the only way to protect it is to direct it.

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

I make people laugh for a living. I believe I can say objectively that what I do I do as well as anybody. Just say I'm one of the best broken field runners that ever lived. For 35 years I was a cult hero, an underground funny.

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

If you're alive, make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death.

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.

You want to be as smart as you can about being stupid.