Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
ADAM MCKAYWhite-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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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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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 crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.
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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.
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There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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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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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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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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I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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