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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.

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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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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Crazy Funeral Huge Laugh People
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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“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
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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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For my money, I don’t think there’s been a better comedy than ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.
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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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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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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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When you screen it the first couple times, you’re just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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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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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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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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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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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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