Mel Brooks Quotes


Comedy is lively, comedy is joy, and that's what keeps us [people] going, we've got to look forward to little, little happiness's. Little, little joys, and comedy is very, very important, it's a vital. We underestimate its value, but we should see more comedies. Comedy is life giving, it's invigorating. I really believe it.


Citations

Crick, Robert A., editor. Mel Brooks: Interviews. University Press of Mississippi, 2007, p. 134.

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Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks
  • Born: June 28, 1926
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, Producer, Composer

Mel Brooks is an American director, writer, actor, comedian, producer, and composer. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comedic parodies. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for Sid Caesar's variety show Your Show of Shows (1950–1954) alongside Woody Allen, Neil Simon, and Larry Gelbart. Together with Carl Reiner, he created the comic character The 2000 Year Old Man. He wrote, with Buck Henry, the hit television comedy series Get Smart, which ran from 1965 to 1970.