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.
ADAM MCKAYDavid 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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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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We’re always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.
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The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.
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It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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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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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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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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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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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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“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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Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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