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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.

Adam McKay

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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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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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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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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Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
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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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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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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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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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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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You could feel America starting to ease up a little bit on racism, against blacks in certain pockets, and then suddenly The Cosby Show bubbled up and it was the right time for it.
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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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The one thing for sure is, I don’t ever want to waste a movie. I don’t ever want to waste effort.
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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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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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