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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.

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The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers.
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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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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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There’s such an aggressively a political movement in the US that anything that smells of being political – even the term “political” is so ridiculous, when you think about it.
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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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When you screen it the first couple times, you’re just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit.
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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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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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I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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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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For my money, I don’t think there’s been a better comedy than ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.
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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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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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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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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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