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Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.

Adam McKay

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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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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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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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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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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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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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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Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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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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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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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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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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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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“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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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.
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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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