All about Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business

by Mel Brooks

I loved my childhood in Brooklyn. Oftentimes, when I’m interviewed, people ask, “What was the happiest time in your life? Was it making your first movie? Was it winning the Academy Award?” My answer is always, “Being a little kid in Brooklyn. That is…until age nine.” They’d say, “So what happened at nine?” And I’d say, “Homework.”

If I cut my finger, that’s tragedy. Comedy is if you walk into an open sewer and die.

truly believe that when you’re with the right person, they love you not in spite of your flaws, but because of them.