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I went to Temple University, and had to get loans. So I grew up in a world where I saw the government helping individuals pull themselves up, and saw it work very successfully.

Adam McKay

The 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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Director Hollywood Liberal Make Musician People Skews
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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Article Click First Interview Movie Part People Walt Whitman
I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we’d been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don’t think people really saw this guy for what he was.
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Country Culture Disengaged Government People Process Thinking
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
Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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Blazing Ever Funniest Made Movie Saddles
Every time a congressman or pundit says its ‘class warfare’ to increase taxes on the wealthy, it’s a massive lie.
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Class Every Increase Lying Tax Time Warfare Wealthy
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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Directors Favorite Filmmaker People Probably
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
Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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Funny Man never Old Phone
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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Break Country Ideology Mes Pointing Really Stuff
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 always give myself a little part in every movie.
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Every Giving Little Movie Part
There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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Always Control Pro Thing
Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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Confidently Funnier Nothing Wrong Thing
Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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Always Blanket Cynicism Excited Government Toward
I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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Cultural Elite Myself

I went to Temple University, and had to get loans. So I grew up in a world where I saw the government helping individuals pull themselves up, and saw it work very successfully.

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I went to Temple University, and had to get loans. So I grew up in a world where I saw the government helping individuals pull themselves up, and saw it work very successfully.

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