I’m not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
ADAM MCKAYHardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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It’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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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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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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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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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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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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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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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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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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The one thing for sure is, I don’t ever want to waste a movie. I don’t ever want to waste effort.
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