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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.

Adam McKay

It’s just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.
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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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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 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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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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For a documentary it’s so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film
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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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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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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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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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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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