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.
ADAM MCKAYThere are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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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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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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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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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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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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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 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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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.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 grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much higher wages than American companies.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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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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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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