Mel Brooks
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just for silly comedy, you know, just for taking comedy too far.
And he kept pushing.
He said, no, no, it will demonstrate the doctor's abilities to teach the monster.
And finally, he kept bugging me, and I said, look, okay.
I'm going to shoot it and I'm going to put it aside and we'll see whether or not it's useful in the main body of the picture.
He said, okay, that's all I ask.
Just shoot it and look at it later when you're putting it together.
And I shot it and I still was afraid of it.
And then when I saw it later with all the film that we had collected, I said, gee, it may be the best thing in the film.
And I called Gene and I said, you're absolutely right all the time.
And I'm looking on the cutting room floor for any outtakes.
I said, Peter, sing it from your heart.
Sing it like it's a cry of love and freedom and everything you can think of that's good.