Frases célebres de Mel Brooks
“Todo lo que hacemos en la vida está basado en el miedo, especialmente el amor.”
Original: «Everything we do in life is based on fear, especially love».
Fuente: Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing. Editor Larry Chang. Editorial Gnosophia Publishers, 2006. ISBN 9780977339105. p. 492. https://books.google.es/books?id=-T3QhPjIxhIC&pg=PA492&dq=Everything+we+do+in+life+is+based+on+fear,+especially+love.+Mel+Brooks&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivl-GgmL7gAhXmDWMBHQJBATkQ6AEIKzAA#v=onepage&q=Everything%20we%20do%20in%20life%20is%20based%20on%20fear%2C%20especially%20love.%20Mel%20Brooks&f=false
Original: «I have always been a huge admirer of my own work. I'm one of the funniest and most entertaining writers I know».
Fuente: Morrison, Mary Kay. Using Humor to Maximize Living: Connecting with Humor. Edición revisada. Editorial R&L Education, 2012. ISBN 9781610484879. p. 2. https://books.google.es/books?id=l_nbHbROssoC&pg=PA2&dq=I+have+always+been+a+huge+admirer+of+my+own+work.+I%27m+one+of+the+funniest+and+most+entertaining+writers+I+know.+Mel+Brooks&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBsoaelL7gAhUIWxoKHWx9DBIQ6AEIKzAA#v=onepage&q=I%20have%20always%20been%20a%20huge%20admirer%20of%20my%20own%20work.%20I'm%20one%20of%20the%20funniest%20and%20most%20entertaining%20writers%20I%20know.%20Mel%20Brooks&f=false
“Me han acusado de vulgaridad. Yo digo que es una mierda.”
Original: «I've been accused of vulgarity. I say that's bullshit».
Fuente: Gini, Al. The Importance of Being Funny: Why We Need More Jokes in Our Lives. Editorial Rowman & Littlefield, 2017. ISBN 9781442281776. p. 85. https://books.google.es/books?id=44Q6DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA85&dq=I%27ve+been+accused+of+vulgarity.+I+say+that%27s+bullshit.+Mel+Brooks&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLsL6qi77gAhWj4IUKHfCXD8cQ6AEIMzAB#v=onepage&q=I've%20been%20accused%20of%20vulgarity.%20I%20say%20that's%20bullshit.%20Mel%20Brooks&f=false
Original: «Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die».
Fuente: Rivers, Melissa. The Book of Joan. Editorial Penguin UK, 2015. ISBN 9781743770023. https://books.google.es/books?id=87c5CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT149&dq=Tragedy+is+when+I+cut+my+finger.+Comedy+is+when+you+fall+into+an+open+sewer+and+die.+Mel+Brooks&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwidx67xjL7gAhXMxoUKHf54D80Q6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=Tragedy%20is%20when%20I%20cut%20my%20finger.%20Comedy%20is%20when%20you%20fall%20into%20an%20open%20sewer%20and%20die.%20Mel%20Brooks&f=false
“Esperar lo mejor. Aguarda lo peor. La vida es una obra de teatro. Estamos sin ensayar.”
Original: «Hope for the Best. Expect the worst. Life is a play. We're unrehearsed».
Fuente: Hodge, Vance. Pharmacological Slavery: The Road from Chemical Bondage to Freedom and Recovery from Active Addiction. Editorial AuthorHouse, 2009. ISBN 9781467843850. p. 102. https://books.google.es/books?id=SMvZrzkPytQC&pg=PA102&dq=Hope+for+the+Best.+Expect+the+worst.+Life+is+a+play.+We%27re+unrehearsed.+Mel+Brooks&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLhZG3jr7gAhWszoUKHedkBPQQ6AEIKzAA#v=onepage&q=Hope%20for%20the%20Best.%20Expect%20the%20worst.%20Life%20is%20a%20play.%20We're%20unrehearsed.%20Mel%20Brooks&f=false
Original: «Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him».
Fuente: Novakovich, Josip. Fiction Writer's Workshop. Editorial F+W Media, Inc., 1995. ISBN 9781599635620. https://books.google.es/books?id=jCBjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT2&dq=Fiction+Writer%27s+Workshop&hl=es&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjjjKqRlb7gAhWjzoUKHUIaChsQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=Every%20human%20being%20has%20hundreds%20of%20separate%20people%20living%20under%20his%20skin.&f=false
Mel Brooks: Frases en inglés
“As long as the world is turning and spinning, we're gonna be dizzy and we're gonna make mistakes.”
The 2,000 Year Old Man (and sequels)
While in a Adolf Hitler costume, after crash landing in England at the height of the Battle of Britain.
To Be Or Not To Be (1983)
The 2,000 Year Old Man (and sequels)
Variante: Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.
“If they [presidents] can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.”
The 2,000 Year Old Man (and sequels)
“Lady, it rose below vulgarity.”
To a woman accusing The Producers of being vulgar; quoted in "Great Movies: The Producers" by Roger Ebert (23 July 2000) http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-the-producers-1968
“Who's the dummy writing this show?!”
As the voice over for a small curly haired man in a series of cartoons for The Electric Company, also repeated at the end of the Electric Company record.
Miscellaneous
The 2,000 Year Old Man (and sequels)
