I don’t think there’s ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that’s terrible and a lie.
ADAM MCKAYAs far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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Benito Mussolini created the word ‘fascism.’ He defined it as ‘the merging of the state and the corporation.’ He also said a more accurate word would be ‘corporatism.’
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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There’s such an aggressively a political movement in the US that anything that smells of being political – even the term “political” is so ridiculous, when you think about it.
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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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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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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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As for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
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In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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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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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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This was the definition in Webster’s up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster’s and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
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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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I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it’s so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.
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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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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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