Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
ADAM MCKAYThe worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that’s what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.
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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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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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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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When you screen it the first couple times, you’re just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit.
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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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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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It’s one thing to break stuff and damage people’s possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that’s dangerous comedy.
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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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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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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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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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