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.
ADAM MCKAYEvery time a congressman or pundit says its ‘class warfare’ to increase taxes on the wealthy, it’s a massive lie.
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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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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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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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The 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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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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The one thing for sure is, I don’t ever want to waste a movie. I don’t ever want to waste effort.
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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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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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So you’re doing that the first two or three screenings, and then finally, you dial the movie in and it’s working, and at that point, it’s 50/50 as far as what’s funny and what’s working.
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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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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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