Mel Brooks - Tragedy Quotes

3 Sourced Quotes

View all Mel Brooks Quotes

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

Mel Brooks

[Movies are] the most expensive art form ever invented. Leonardo didn't need to ask a studio chief for the money to draw a lower jaw. All he needed was a nickel for a pencil. Goya could paint you a national tragedy for $1.69. But to make a movie you need $1 million.

Mel Brooks

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

Mel Brooks