“Judd Apatow is pretty good, both as a producer and as a director.” — Mel Brooks

I loved Westerns as a little kid, and I loved horror films.

As far as songwriters, I've always been a fan of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, and George Gershwin; those guys mean a lot to me.

There's an army story in me, and I think there's a WWII Brooks film somewhere.

I'm still a horse that can run. I may not be able to win the Derby, but what do you do when you retire? People retire and they vegetate. They go away and they dry up.