Larry
Greenberg asks: How does playing yourself on “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
compare to some of the amazing characters you’ve played like Moses and
President Skroob? Mel Brooks: I have no judgment and no
perspective. When I’m playing myself, I dissolve into the character as a
person, so I can’t really criticize my performance. I don’t know
whether I’m good or bad. But when I’m playing Tikon, the Russian servant
in The Twelve Chairs, I would say, yes, that’s a fine performance. And
when I was Goddard Bolt in Life Stinks, I think I was pretty good. It
was close to me, but not me, in the performance. I also think I was
wonderful singing “The Inquisition” in History of the World. http://starmands-sarasotanews.com/mel-brooks-interview/ |
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