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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.

Adam McKay

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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There’s such an aggressively a political movement in the US that anything that smells of being political – even the term “political” is so ridiculous, when you think about it.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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Hollywood has to appeal to the broadest audience, and when it comes to most social and economic issues, America is progressive. Because of that, the messages that are in Hollywood movies tend to be, for instance, pro-environment.
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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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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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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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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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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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In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much higher wages than American companies.
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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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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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“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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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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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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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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