Deluise Quotes & Sayings

There were five writers on Blazing Saddles. — Dom DeLuise

I've had some wonderful times at the White House. I've been with Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton and Bush. — Dom DeLuise

In the ten years since I had run away from home ... I had gone through more strange experiences than the average person crowds into a whole lifetime. — W.C. Fields

Do the small things of life with a relaxed awareness. When you are eating, eat totally - chew totally, taste totally, smell totally. Touch your bread, feel the texture. Smell the bread, smell the flavor. Chew it, let it dissolve into your being. — Rajneesh

Dolly Parton ... I love being around that woman! I worked really hard to keep up with her. — Dom DeLuise

A prince, therefore, ought always to take counsel, but only when he wishes and not when others wish; he ought rather to discourage every one from offering advice unless he asks it; but, however, he ought to be a constant inquirer, and afterwards a patient listener concerning the things of which he inquired; also, on learning that any one, on any consideration, has not told him the truth, he should let his anger be felt. — Niccolo Machiavelli

My knowledge of Vancouver and Canada was limited to what I knew about Bob and Doug McKenzie. I thought they were funny, talking out of the sides of their mouths and saying 'eh' and wearing toques. — Peter DeLuise

Mel is nuts. He puts on a suit and a tie and acts like a normal person so people think he's okay. He's definitely out in left field. He's got the ambition of a boy. — Dom DeLuise

Dad loves my stuff. No matter how many times my voice cracks or I miss a tap, he doesn't care. He's like some businessman making it to his kid's recital. — Peter DeLuise

I was not very well-behaved. I remember I was a discipline problem. I was a typical American male at twenty years old, and I was causing trouble whenever I could. — Peter DeLuise

The person who should really write an appreciation of the late great Dom DeLuise is Burt Reynolds, who, even more than Mel Brooks, made of the jolly, beanie wearing fat man a side-kick and a legend. — Rich Cohen

I used to see my friend Harland Williams in a lot of auditions. Then you'd see one of the DeLuise kids because they're kind of heavy and character-y. You'd just see a lot of the same guys over the years. — Brian Posehn

When I was 14 years old, I decided I could cook. It was either that or puberty. — Dom DeLuise

I'd rather be at home with 12 people around the table. — Dom DeLuise

The joys of my life are my granddaughters. They are beautiful. You don't have to believe me. You can ask my wife. She'll tell you. — Dom DeLuise

I feel like I've been shut in a closet, and he's on the other side, and he doesn't have the key to unlock the door. — Lisa Kleypas

Dom DeLuise was a big man in every way. He was big in size and created big laughter and joy. — Mel Brooks

Sometimes I get a little manic and you can't stop me. I'm all over the place. I have fun. — Dom DeLuise

I was the fat kid, so as a defense mechanism, I was the jokester. — Peter DeLuise

I think I was immediately fed, so food became a very important part of my life. — Dom DeLuise

My mother had lots and lots of children who didn't survive. — Dom DeLuise

I have to teach myself. I kind of wish I'd continued with my education, but that's something I can do in the future. — Billie Piper

If you were shopping for a father, you'd have to take out a serious loan to afford mine. He's the best. — Peter DeLuise

Mr. Brooks and I have been friends forever. He is in seventh heaven with his new success on Broadway. — Dom DeLuise

Every couple of seconds out here they're honoring somebody. You've got to get dressed, go in and sit down. Invariably somebody makes a speech. — Dom DeLuise

I was at dinner with Gene Wilder and imitated Ethel Barrymore for everyone. — Dom DeLuise

I was shot from the funny gun. — Peter DeLuise

I'm actually a thin serious person but I play fat and funny, but only for the movies. — Dom DeLuise

Just to be involved in anything Disney, whether it's 'Avengers Assemble' or 'Planes' or straight-to-dvd work, it's great. — Roger Craig Smith

They flee from me that sometime did me seek
With naked foot, stalking in my chamber.
I have seen them gentle, tame, and meek,
That now are wild and do not remember
That sometime they put themself in danger
To take bread at my hand; and now they range,
Busily seeking with a continual change. — Thomas Wyatt

I have a cooking show that's coming on that I did in Albany. It will be on The Cooking Channel. — Dom DeLuise

Once at the White House I was asked to conduct the Drum and Bugle Corp. The man just handed me the baton and I finished the song. It was great. I got to keep the baton. — Dom DeLuise