In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
ADAM MCKAYSometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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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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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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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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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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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that’s what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.
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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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Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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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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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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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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