Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
ADAM MCKAYThe 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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Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying ’24-hour news’ almost has satire laced in it.
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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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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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It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
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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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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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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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David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He’s not only a great director, but he’s also a great writer.
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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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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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We punch mirrors and we explore our darker selves. No, it’s just an amalgam of all newscasters that we grew up with. Sort of like before there was cable, when these people were like gods.
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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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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
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