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.
ADAM MCKAYI 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.
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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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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 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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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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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 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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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My mom then got Pell Grants, put herself through college to get a degree to get a better job. Because we were broke, I then had to go to a state school.
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In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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We punch mirrors and we explore our darker selves. No, it’s just an amalgam of all newscasters that we grew up with. Sort of like before there was cable, when these people were like gods.
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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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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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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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