Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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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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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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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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It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
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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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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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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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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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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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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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