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 gotta say – if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I’d love that article.
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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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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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Every time a congressman or pundit says its ‘class warfare’ to increase taxes on the wealthy, it’s a massive lie.
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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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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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I’m not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
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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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“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
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As for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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Hollywood is for-profit, is what Hollywood is. All the studios are owned by big, megacorporations that are the furthest thing from liberal you can possibly imagine.
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