Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
ADAM MCKAYThere’s such an aggressively a political movement in the US that anything that smells of being political – even the term “political” is so ridiculous, when you think about it.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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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 easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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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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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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There’s such an aggressively a political movement in the US that anything that smells of being political – even the term “political” is so ridiculous, when you think about it.
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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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“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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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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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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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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