If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
ADAM MCKAYBlanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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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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There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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There are so many shoot-’em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.
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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 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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In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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This was the definition in Webster’s up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster’s and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
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I’m not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
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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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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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