I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
ADAM MCKAYIt’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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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 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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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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There are so many shoot-’em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.
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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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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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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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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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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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I’m just a giant film fan, so I love action movies out of all kinds of movies. As a film geek, it’s amazing to be able to shoot this stuff.
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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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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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