We Want To Get People

The Audience. They See The Name Mel Brooks, They Want Something Really Funny. They Don't Want To Be Moved; They Don't Want To Be Taught Any Lessons. [...] I Get More Letters For twelve Chairs and life Stinks Than I Get From Any Other Movies, Because People Actually Agree With The Philosophy, Or Were Moved, Or They Love The Movie.

I Know How To Make It A Great Musical. I've Got To. It's Like I've Got To See It On Stage.

Judd Apatow Is Pretty Good, Both As A Producer And As A Director.

You Often Hear That People Go Into Show Business To Find The Love They Never Had When They Were Children. Never Believe It! Every Comic And Most Of The Actors I Know Had A Childhood Full Of Love. Then They Grew Up And Found Out That In The Grown-up World, You Don't Get All That Love, You Just Get Your Share. So They Went Into Show Business To Recapture The Love They Had Known As Children When They Were The Center Of The Universe.

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.