I gotta say – if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I’d love that article.
ADAM MCKAYIn general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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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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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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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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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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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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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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I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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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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