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.
ADAM MCKAYThe easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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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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The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.
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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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You could feel America starting to ease up a little bit on racism, against blacks in certain pockets, and then suddenly The Cosby Show bubbled up and it was the right time for it.
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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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Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
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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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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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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 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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White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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The one thing for sure is, I don’t ever want to waste a movie. I don’t ever want to waste effort.
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