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
[Blows a raspberry]
Count de Monet: Don't be saucy with me, Bearnaise.
History of the World, Part I
“Lonestar: That's all we needed, a Druish Princess!”
In the director's commentary Brooks states: I'm both proud and ashamed of that line.
Spaceballs
“Tomás de Torquemada: It's better to lose your skullcap than your skull.”
History of the World, Part I
On the initial inspiration for his film Young Frankenstein, in "The Sunday Conversation: Mel Brooks on his 'Young Frankenstein' musical" in The Los Angeles Times (1 August 2010) http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/01/entertainment/la-ca-conversation-20100801
“Jail Inmates: Eighty fff…. Eighty fff…. Eighty fff…. Eighty fff…. Eighty Six!”
History of the World, Part I
“You know Cuneiform? You know Sanskrit? It's neither of those.”
The 2,000 Year Old Man (and sequels)
