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.
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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You could feel America starting to ease up a little bit on racism, against blacks in certain pockets, and then suddenly The Cosby Show bubbled up and it was the right time for it.
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There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He’s not only a great director, but he’s also a great writer.
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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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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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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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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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“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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Hollywood is for-profit, is what Hollywood is. All the studios are owned by big, megacorporations that are the furthest thing from liberal you can possibly imagine.
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Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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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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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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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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