Mel Brooks Quotes


Nothing is free. You got to pay to be in society. First you start with homework.


Citations

Crick, Robert A., editor. Mel Brooks: Interviews. University Press of Mississippi, 2007, p. 111.

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This extreme position illustrates how a politician, trying to defend a particular position can get carried away and lose rational sense of balance. The air we breath is free and quite valuable—essential really. The exercise of most of our political rights is without charge. Legitimate religions do not require payment.


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.