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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.

Adam McKay

I went to Temple University, and had to get loans. So I grew up in a world where I saw the government helping individuals pull themselves up, and saw it work very successfully.
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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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“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
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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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Every time a congressman or pundit says its ‘class warfare’ to increase taxes on the wealthy, it’s a massive lie.
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It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
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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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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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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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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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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 don’t think there’s ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that’s terrible and a lie.
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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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We punch mirrors and we explore our darker selves. No, it’s just an amalgam of all newscasters that we grew up with. Sort of like before there was cable, when these people were like gods.
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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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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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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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I don’t want to speak for my movies; you could say my movies are just completely silly and dumb, but in the case of ‘Idiocracy’ and ‘Borat,’ without a doubt there is a really subversive and sophisticated assault on American culture.
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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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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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For a documentary it’s so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film
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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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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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