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“I wasn’t allowed to be in [Young Frankenstein]. That was the deal Gene Wilder had. He says, ‘If you’re not in it, I’ll do it.'” — Mel Brooks
“You can’t cheat an audience. You promise them comedy, you have to give them that magic carpet that’ll lift them up over their own problems into giggles, laughs and belly-laughs.” — Mel Brooks
Source: Frances Taylor (1975)
