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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

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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We punch mirrors and we explore our darker selves. No, it’s just an amalgam of all newscasters that we grew up with. Sort of like before there was cable, when these people were like gods.
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Benito Mussolini created the word ‘fascism.’ He defined it as ‘the merging of the state and the corporation.’ He also said a more accurate word would be ‘corporatism.’
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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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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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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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I don’t want to speak for my movies; you could say my movies are just completely silly and dumb, but in the case of ‘Idiocracy’ and ‘Borat,’ without a doubt there is a really subversive and sophisticated assault on American culture.
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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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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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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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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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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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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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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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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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