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

Adam McKay

This was the definition in Webster’s up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster’s and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
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Corporation Definition Exclude Mention Webster
I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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Every Giving Little Movie Part
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
There are so many shoot-’em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.
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Thinking Tv Shows Years
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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Funding Invasion Land Really Stopping Way
Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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Always Blanket Cynicism Excited Government Toward
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
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
You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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Able Care Fail Failing Having Improv
There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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Aspect Directing Mind People Place
Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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Dave Favorite People Favorite Performance
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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Backbone Central Circle Everything Idea
There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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Federal Joke More Nothing People Reserve
All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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Director Do Really Tone
I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it’s so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.
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Addict Animation Comedy Great People Want Understand
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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Corporation Country Crush Government Lobbyist Media Purchase Running

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

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