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Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.

Adam McKay

Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
ADAM MCKAY

Confidently Funnier Nothing Wrong Thing
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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Actor Area Counting Everyone Line Rolling Sort Talk
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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Article Click First Interview Movie Part People Walt Whitman
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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Audience Country Economics Hollywood Issue Social
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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There are so many shoot-’em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.
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I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it’s there and to push it just a little bit faster.
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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
ADAM MCKAY

Always Control Pro Thing
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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Anand Thakur
There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
ADAM MCKAY

Federal Joke More Nothing People Reserve
You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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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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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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White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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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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