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Every time a congressman or pundit says its ‘class warfare’ to increase taxes on the wealthy, it’s a massive lie.

Adam McKay

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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As for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
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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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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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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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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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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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I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process to learn that those beliefs are actually good business.
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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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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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“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
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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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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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We’re always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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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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