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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.

Adam McKay

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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I’m not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
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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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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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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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There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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For a documentary it’s so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film
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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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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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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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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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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that’s what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.
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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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