My movies were not reaping the kind of emotional rewards that I wanted. I wanted them to be appreciated and they weren't. I didn't want the reviews to say, "Mel Brooks has made another movie," and you get the title somewhere in the second paragraph.
Mel BrooksI wanted to entertain so badly that I kept at it until I was good. I just browbeat my way into show business.
Mel BrooksI was out in the combat engineers. We would throw up bridges in advance of the infantry but mainly we would just throw up.
Mel BrooksI've always loved songwriting, and I vowed to be a songwriter like Cole Porter when I was only 9 years old.
Mel Brooks