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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.

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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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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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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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I’m just a giant film fan, so I love action movies out of all kinds of movies. As a film geek, it’s amazing to be able to shoot this stuff.
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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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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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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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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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It’s just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.
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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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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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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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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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Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
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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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