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I Also Try To Surround Myself With People I Love - Make A Family Out Of The Company. So I Tend To Use The Same People Over And Over. There's A Sort Of Mel Brooks Repertory Company.

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.

A Lot Of Music Is Mathematics. It's Balance.

Being Brave Is Being Scared And Worried And Still Doing It [what You Do]. Because If You're Just A Wacko, A Mashugana, A Crazy Guy, Then You're Not Brave, Your Nuts!

Well, Just Being Stupid And Politically Incorrect Doesn't Work. You Can Be Politically Incorrect If You're Smart.