In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
ADAM MCKAYAs far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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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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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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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.
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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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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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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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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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It’s one thing to break stuff and damage people’s possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that’s dangerous comedy.
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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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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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