• My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible. The job is to make people laugh. I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn.

    Mel Brooks: My job is to go out and entertain the most people possible. The job is to make people laugh. I don't have a mission. I don't have a torch to burn.
    "Q&A with Mel Brooks". Interview with Patrick Kevin Day, beta.latimes.com. May 19, 2008.