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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.

Adam McKay

As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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Audience Far Hate Listen Something
I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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Every Giving Little Movie Part
It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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Crazy Funeral Huge Laugh People
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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Actor Area Counting Everyone Line Rolling Sort Talk
It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you’re not going to see messages that support Ayn Randian individualism at the cost of the whole, because most people don’t agree with that.
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According Country People Poll Pretty Progressive Support
All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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All Having Powerful Vote
I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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Gotten Guy Hug Laugh Laughing Movie
Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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Blazing Ever Funniest Made Movie Saddles
In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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Filter Final General Hollywood Money Profit
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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Allowed Banking Essential Finance Modern Society
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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Aggressive Movement Political Ridiculous Thinking
Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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Billion Fact Industry Drive Obamacare Private Republican
Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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Audience Comedy Expectation Most Perception
I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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Cultural Elite Myself
We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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Anything Day Information Much Really Tell
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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Better Comedy Hustle Kung Fu Hustle Money Movie Thinking Year Yera

There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.

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