I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
ADAM MCKAYBenito 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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I’m just a giant film fan, so I love action movies out of all kinds of movies. As a film geek, it’s amazing to be able to shoot this stuff.
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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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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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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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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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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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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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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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I don’t think there’s ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that’s terrible and a lie.
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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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I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.
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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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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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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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