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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.

Adam McKay

The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying ’24-hour news’ almost has satire laced in it.
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Hour Idea Insane News Pretty Twenty Four
The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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Easiest Ice Serious Situation Break Time Way
Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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Billion Fact Industry Drive Obamacare Private Republican
Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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Always Blanket Cynicism Excited Government Toward
I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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Gotten Guy Hug Laugh Laughing Movie
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 grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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Grew Job Mom School Single Waitress
There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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Improv Less People Something Think Thinking Truth Way
Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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Almost Die Hard Kill Movie Put Something
It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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Director Do Really Tone
Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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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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Corporation Definition Exclude Mention Webster
There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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Federal Joke More Nothing People Reserve
The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.

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