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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

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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Actor Area Counting Everyone Line Rolling Sort Talk
My mom then got Pell Grants, put herself through college to get a degree to get a better job. Because we were broke, I then had to go to a state school.
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Better Broke College Degree Grant Herself Job Mom Pell School State
Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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Animal Behaving Funny Rarely Talking
White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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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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Filter Final General Hollywood Money Profit
If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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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.
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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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Aiming Break Comedy Country Damage Dangerous Ideology People Possession
I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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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 would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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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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Anything Backward Color Judging Skin Someone Thinking
There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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