Mel Brooks

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• Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall down an open manhole cover and die.

• Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die

• Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.

• That's it baby, when you got it, flaunt it.

• Presidents don't do it to their wives. They do it to their country.

• If God wanted us to fly, He would have given us tickets.

• I've never been happier than when I was writing the musical score of The Producers. One song after another tumbled out of my head in what was the most soul-satisfying experience of my career. And in my less than humble opinion, I must say that it turned out to be surprisingly good.

• I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit

• I wouldn't have done this show without Nathan Lane, because he's God's gift to Broadway, ... And Matthew's a surprising find -- I didn't know he could sing and dance.

• Humor keeps the elderly rolling along, singing a song. When you laugh, its an involuntary explosion of the lungs. The lungs need to replenish themselves with oxygen. So you laugh, you breathe, the blood runs, and everything is circulating. If you dont laugh, youll die.

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