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 MCKAYIn general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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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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Hollywood has to appeal to the broadest audience, and when it comes to most social and economic issues, America is progressive. Because of that, the messages that are in Hollywood movies tend to be, for instance, pro-environment.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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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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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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Everyone is sort of in their own little area counting lines and no one talks when film’s not rolling. There’s constantly actors coming to me back behind the monitor screaming at me, “Why did my line count drop?” It’s a nasty tense environment.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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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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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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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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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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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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