Mel Brooks, fucking genius.

Mel Brooks: Enough Rope, episode 38, transcript:

Mel Brooks: "You can be funny about anything. I think 'The Passion' needed a few jokes, that's my opinion, you know. Mel Gibson could've used three or four really big jokes in that movie, but that's only my opinion. But anything can use comedy, any subject needs comedy. Comedy leavens the bread, the bread rises through comedy.

Andrew Denton: I'm just trying to imagine where the comedy would've come in 'The Passion'

Mel Brooks: Well, I think before he got to the cross.

Andrew Denton: Yeah.

Mel Brooks: Once he's there forget it. Then you're fooling around with too much, it's too big.

Andrew Denton: That's right, yeah.

Mel Brooks: But on the way you could have some fun, lose his sandal or something.

Andrew Denton: Yeah. Swept up by a Pharisee.

Mel Brooks: You could have some fun, you know.

Andrew Denton: Have you spoken to Mel?

Mel Brooks: Or a Jew could be pulling his beard and it could come off, you could have some fun.

Andrew Denton: Just something to lighten it up?

Mel Brooks: Right to lighten it up."