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I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it’s there and to push it just a little bit faster.

Adam McKay

Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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Audience Comedy Expectation Most Perception
The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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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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Government Helping Loan Show Successfully Themselves University World
As for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
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I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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For a documentary it’s so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film
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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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Addict Animation Comedy Great People Want Understand
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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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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