In every spoof I make real love to the things I am spoofing.

I've always loved songwriting, and I vowed to be a songwriter like Cole Porter when I was only 9 years old.

When you get big special effects pictures, sci-fi and things, there's little or no comedy. Or it's a domestic comedy and there's not one special effect. But very rarely do these things fuse and come out right.

If you're alive, make a lot of noise, because life is the very opposite of death.

There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere.

I know how to make it a great musical. I've got to. It's like I've got to see it on stage.

That's it baby, if you've got it, flaunt it.