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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.

Adam McKay

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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I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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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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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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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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It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you’re not going to see messages that support Ayn Randian individualism at the cost of the whole, because most people don’t agree with that.
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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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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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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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So you’re doing that the first two or three screenings, and then finally, you dial the movie in and it’s working, and at that point, it’s 50/50 as far as what’s funny and what’s working.
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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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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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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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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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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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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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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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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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 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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It’s just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.
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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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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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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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