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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.

Adam McKay

The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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We punch mirrors and we explore our darker selves. No, it’s just an amalgam of all newscasters that we grew up with. Sort of like before there was cable, when these people were like gods.
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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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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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Everyone is sort of in their own little area counting lines and no one talks when film’s not rolling. There’s constantly actors coming to me back behind the monitor screaming at me, “Why did my line count drop?” It’s a nasty tense environment.
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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much higher wages than American companies.
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“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
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I gotta say – if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I’d love that article.
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I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it’s so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.
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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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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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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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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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As for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
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