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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.

Adam McKay

My mom then got Pell Grants, put herself through college to get a degree to get a better job. Because we were broke, I then had to go to a state school.
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I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process to learn that those beliefs are actually good business.
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For my money, I don’t think there’s been a better comedy than ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.
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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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We’re always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.
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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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When you screen it the first couple times, you’re just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit.
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It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
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David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He’s not only a great director, but he’s also a great writer.
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The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying ’24-hour news’ almost has satire laced in it.
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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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Benito Mussolini created the word ‘fascism.’ He defined it as ‘the merging of the state and the corporation.’ He also said a more accurate word would be ‘corporatism.’
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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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