Everyone is sort of in their own little area counting lines and no one talks when film’s not rolling. There’s constantly actors coming to me back behind the monitor screaming at me, “Why did my line count drop?” It’s a nasty tense environment.
ADAM MCKAYHollywood has to appeal to the broadest audience, and when it comes to most social and economic issues, America is progressive. Because of that, the messages that are in Hollywood movies tend to be, for instance, pro-environment.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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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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David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He’s not only a great director, but he’s also a great writer.
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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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When you screen it the first couple times, you’re just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit.
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There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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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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Hollywood has to appeal to the broadest audience, and when it comes to most social and economic issues, America is progressive. Because of that, the messages that are in Hollywood movies tend to be, for instance, pro-environment.
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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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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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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 grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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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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