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.
ADAM MCKAYCelebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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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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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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I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process to learn that those beliefs are actually good business.
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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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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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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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Hollywood has to appeal to the broadest audience, and when it comes to most social and economic issues, America is progressive. Because of that, the messages that are in Hollywood movies tend to be, for instance, pro-environment.
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The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that’s what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.
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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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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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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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