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.

Some critics are emotionally desiccated, personally about as attractive as a year-old peach in a single girl's refrigerator.

We rest our case on the production numbers.

Creative people should always be striving, they should always be hungry, they should be looking for the next place to go.

Well, just being stupid and politically incorrect doesn't work. You can be politically incorrect if you're smart.

My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible.

Merchandising, merchandising, where the real money from the movie is made.