More From 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."
- "Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love."
- "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die."
More In Funny
- "To me, I’ve never understood why there is any question about are women as funny as men."― Judd Apatow
- "I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing."― Johnny Carson
- "Especially with comedy, you take massive risks because ultimately you’re trying to be funny. If you’re not funny, then it’s really embarrassing and you look stupid."― Dominic Cooper