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

Adam McKay

If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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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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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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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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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 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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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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I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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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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The 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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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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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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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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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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