Play Actor: Don't be stupid, be a smartie! Come and join the Nazi Party!
Max Bialystock: Shut up! I'm having a rhetorical conversation.
Max Bialystock: Leo, he who hesitates is poor.
The Producers (1967)
3 quotes
Directed by: Mel Brooks
Starring: Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Dick Shawn, Zero Mostel
Other mistake: After the "fat fat fatty" scene, Franz shoots his way in, starting with three bullets into the door lock. Over the next scene he fires about twelve shots, despite the fact he's firing an 8-shot Luger.
Trivia: The film inspired a 2000 Broadway musical, with Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick as Max Bialystock and Leo Bloom, respectively. The musical won 12 Tony Awards. The musical was later adapted into a film, becoming a movie based on a musical based on a movie about a musical.
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