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.
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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For a documentary it’s so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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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 could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it’s so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.
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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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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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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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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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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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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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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 grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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I 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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