You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
ADAM MCKAYThe only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers.
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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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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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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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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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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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I gotta say – if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I’d love that article.
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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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So you’re doing that the first two or three screenings, and then finally, you dial the movie in and it’s working, and at that point, it’s 50/50 as far as what’s funny and what’s working.
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Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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My mom then got Pell Grants, put herself through college to get a degree to get a better job. Because we were broke, I then had to go to a state school.
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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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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 think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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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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