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“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”

Adam McKay

I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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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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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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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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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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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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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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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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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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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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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 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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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’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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