We rest our case on the production numbers.

Not only should we laugh about Hitler. We must laugh about him. Especially in Berlin.

The only weapon I've got is comedy

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!

I was born on the kitchen table. We were so poor my mother couldn't afford to have me; the lady next door gave birth to me.

Good taste is the enemy of comedy.

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