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As for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.

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
There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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Always Control Pro Thing
All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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All Having Powerful Vote
It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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Crazy Funeral Huge Laugh People
I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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Gotten Guy Hug Laugh Laughing Movie
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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Hour Idea Insane News Pretty Twenty Four
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
The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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Crazy Fairly Funny Ice People Serious Situation
Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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Confidently Funnier Nothing Wrong Thing
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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Artistic Heart History Lying Message Moment Played Thinking Well
I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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Grew Job Mom School Single Waitress
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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Channel Confusion Contend Country Different Junk Source Specific
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
I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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Announcing Comedy Dangerous Intention Room Thinking
The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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Easiest Ice Serious Situation Break Time Way
Every time a congressman or pundit says its ‘class warfare’ to increase taxes on the wealthy, it’s a massive lie.
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Class Every Increase Lying Tax Time Warfare Wealthy

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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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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