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I always had a respect and an admiration for people who got into politics. I certainly have always been interested in law and political science.

Jay Roach

The commentary track became a lot like the movie and there are some funny, long, awkward pauses that you can tell we’re just trying to find stuff to say. None of us had gotten to really talk about the movie until that moment and they were in New York and we were in L.A.
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Country Long People Track
From our perspective now, there is a not a huge understanding about the totalitarian Communism that Soviet Russia practiced during the 1950s – it was an atrocious system.
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Country Perspective System Understanding
When I’m shooting, really the audience I’m thinking the hardest about is that first test screening audience who I want to like the film and that first opening weekend audience.
JAY ROACH

Shooting Thinking Weekend
[ Dalton Trumbo] always said he fought so many fights, all seemingly different, but all about the concepts of fairness and justice.
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Different Fighting Justice
I always had a respect and an admiration for people who got into politics. I certainly have always been interested in law and political science.
JAY ROACH

Law People Political
I think sequels should be earned and we won’t do it unless the script is better than the first one.
JAY ROACH

Firsts Scripts Thinking
In his life, [Dalton] Trumbo uses wit and comedy to fight these very high-stakes battles.
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Battle Fighting Use
One of the series of decisions that the great screenwriter John McNamara made was about who to depict. [Ronald] Reagan had a role in HUAC, he was a friendly witness, but never went over-the-top about it.
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Album Decision Friendly Role Roles
Sometimes I would like the opportunity to do character-driven comedy and that’s really what I was trying to do in Meet The Parents. I think in a way this is a more old fashioned type of comedy.
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Character Opportunity Thinking
John Wayne was never shy about that fervor, but because he was never overly zealous about his politics, and of course his status as a movie, he was embraced by both the right and the left.
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Course Shy Wayne Zealous
I’m developing some other things in other genres, including one dramatic piece. So, anything’s possible.
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Dramatic Genre Pieces
Mini-Me was the pint sized clone that was the perpetuation of Dr. Evil’s own legacy [in Austin Powers]. That concept earned the sequel.
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Austin Evil Legacy
Hedda’s Hopper attitude was ‘once a Commie, always a Commie.’
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Always Attitude Happen Once People
[Dalton] Trumbo himself was a terrible Communist.
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Communist Himself Terrible
I really enjoy the consolation when I’m having to cut loose stuff I love, of saying ‘Well, at least it will make it onto DVD.’ There’s a couple of scenes which I liked very much, but couldn’t fit them into the film that are on there.
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Consolation Cutting Dvds Loose The Couple
I like to shoot a lot of choices. I like a lot of stuff – and so I push to go faster, to shrink the time between the takes so that the takes are what you’re spending all your time on.
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Choices Spending Stuff

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