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.
ADAM MCKAYIt’s one thing to break stuff and damage people’s possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that’s dangerous comedy.
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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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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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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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It’s one thing to break stuff and damage people’s possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that’s dangerous comedy.
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I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process to learn that those beliefs are actually good business.
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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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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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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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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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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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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