“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
ADAM MCKAYIn general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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I don’t think there’s ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that’s terrible and a lie.
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White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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I went to Temple University, and had to get loans. So I grew up in a world where I saw the government helping individuals pull themselves up, and saw it work very successfully.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we’d been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don’t think people really saw this guy for what he was.
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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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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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The one thing for sure is, I don’t ever want to waste a movie. I don’t ever want to waste effort.
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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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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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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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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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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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