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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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According Country People Poll Pretty Progressive Support
Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
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Better Do Ferrel Just Time Voice Wrote
There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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Federal Joke More Nothing People Reserve
You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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Able Care Fail Failing Having Improv
White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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Billion Bored Collar Dollar Marked White
For my money, I don’t think there’s been a better comedy than ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.
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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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Announcing Comedy Dangerous Intention Room Thinking
I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.
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Care People Sense Talking
All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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Director Do Really Tone
Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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Advice Call People Time Want
Benito Mussolini created the word ‘fascism.’ He defined it as ‘the merging of the state and the corporation.’ He also said a more accurate word would be ‘corporatism.’
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Corporation Create Definition Fascism Merging State
Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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Confidently Funnier Nothing Wrong Thing
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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Art Culture Job Jump Little Push Realize Thinking
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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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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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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Almost Die Hard Kill Movie Put Something

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