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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.

Adam McKay

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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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’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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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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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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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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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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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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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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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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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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