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I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it’s there and to push it just a little bit faster.

Adam McKay

I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we’d been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don’t think people really saw this guy for what he was.
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Country Culture Disengaged Government People Process Thinking
It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you’re not going to see messages that support Ayn Randian individualism at the cost of the whole, because most people don’t agree with that.
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According Country People Poll Pretty Progressive Support
Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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Blazing Ever Funniest Made Movie Saddles
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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Corporation Country Crush Government Lobbyist Media Purchase Running
I’m just a giant film fan, so I love action movies out of all kinds of movies. As a film geek, it’s amazing to be able to shoot this stuff.
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Able Action Amazing Fan Film Giant Kind Love Movie
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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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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Every Giving Little Movie Part
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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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Always Blanket Cynicism Excited Government Toward
I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.
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Care People Sense Talking
Everyone is sort of in their own little area counting lines and no one talks when film’s not rolling. There’s constantly actors coming to me back behind the monitor screaming at me, “Why did my line count drop?” It’s a nasty tense environment.
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Actor Area Counting Everyone Line Rolling Sort Talk
It’s one thing to break stuff and damage people’s possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that’s dangerous comedy.
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Aiming Break Comedy Country Damage Dangerous Ideology People Possession
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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White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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