Home / Authors / Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks Quotes

Film director

Mel Brooks, born on June 28, 1926, is an accomplished American film director, screenwriter, and comedic actor. Known for his humor, satire, and wit, his works include classics such as 'The Producers', 'Annie Hall', and 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail'.

Filter quotes by topic

All Ifs People Comedy Knows Thinking Littles Want Should Writing Laughing Looks Giving Way Years Brooks Critics Film Kids Men Taste

Famous Mel Brooks Quotes

“I've been taught ever since I was a kid that sex is filthy and forbidden, and that's the way I think it should be. The filthier and more forbidden it is, the more exciting it is.”

Thinking Way Should Kids Sex Taught Exciting Explanation Forbidden Filthy

Author:Mel Brooks

“I was adored [as a kid]. I was always in the air, hurled up and kissed and thrown in the air again. Until I was six, my feet didn't touch the ground. "Look at those eyes! That nose! Those lips! That tooth! Get that child away from me, quick! I'll eat him!" Giving that up was very difficult later on in life.”

Giving Looks Children Eye Kids Difficult Air Feet Six Lips Teeth Noses Thrown

Author:Mel Brooks

“When I was a little kid at home, I thought the whole world was Jewish. For years I thought Roosevelt was Jewish. I loved him. I thought of him as my father. I'm always stunned when I find out that people like Roosevelt and Tolstoy weren't Jewish. How could I love them so much?”

People World Years Littles Whole Home Kids Father Whole World Little Kid Stunned

Author:Mel Brooks

“When I was a little boy, I thought when I grew up I would talk Yiddish. I thought little kids talked English, but when they became adults, they would talk Yiddish like the adults did. There would be no reason to talk English anymore, because we would have made it.”

Littles Made Reason Would Be Kids Boys Grew Grew Up Adults Made It No Reason Little Kid Little Boys Yiddish

Author:Mel Brooks

“American sex is generally straight. It happens at 11 o'clock Saturday night. In the rural areas, it happens at nine and it happens pretty fast. Got to get up the next morning, especially if there're kids. Can't make noise, either, wake the kids.”

Ifs Happens Kids Night Next Sex Morning Areas Nine Noise Get Up Clock Saturday Saturday Night Rural Areas

Author:Mel Brooks

“When I was a little kid, if somebody said they were thirty-five, I'd say "Oooh, they're going to die soon". But as I get older it doesn't mean a thing. You mustn't ever give in. Never give in to thinking you're old, because you're never old. Your mind, and I tell you this and listen to me carefully, your mind is never, ever old, it's eternally young.”

Ifs Thinking Giving Mind Mean Littles Said Kids Young Dies Five Thirty Little Kid Listen To Me Never Give In

Author:Mel Brooks

About the Author

Born: June 28, 1926
Known for: Film director
Quotes: 161

Related Topics

Ifs People Comedy Knows Thinking Littles Want Should Writing Laughing Looks Giving Way Years Brooks Critics Film Kids Men Taste

Popular Topics

People Ifs Thinking Knows Men World Way Want Love Life Inspirational Needs Giving Feels Should Writing Trying Years Mind Firsts

Books & Sources

Similar Authors

Louis C. K.Browse related quotes
Steve MartinBrowse related quotes
Jim GaffiganBrowse related quotes
Jerry SeinfeldBrowse related quotes
Sarah SilvermanBrowse related quotes
Keenen Ivory WayansBrowse related quotes
Dane CookBrowse related quotes
Chris RockBrowse related quotes
Demetri MartinBrowse related quotes
Paul LyndeBrowse related quotes