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Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.

Adam McKay

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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Backbone Central Circle Everything Idea
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 are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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Aspect Directing Mind People Place
I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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Announcing Comedy Dangerous Intention Room Thinking
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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Aiming Break Comedy Country Damage Dangerous Ideology People Possession
We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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Anything Day Information Much Really Tell
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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Aggressive Movement Political Ridiculous Thinking
All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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All Having Powerful Vote
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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Directors Favorite Filmmaker People Probably
Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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Action Critic Following Movie Outdated Savage Special Weekend
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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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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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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