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.
ADAM MCKAYBlazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.
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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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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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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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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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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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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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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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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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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.
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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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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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