I’m not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
ADAM MCKAYAs far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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My mom then got Pell Grants, put herself through college to get a degree to get a better job. Because we were broke, I then had to go to a state school.
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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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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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There are so many shoot-’em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.
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White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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For my money, I don’t think there’s been a better comedy than ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.
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When you screen it the first couple times, you’re just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit.
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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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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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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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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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