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 MCKAYEveryone 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.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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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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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we’d been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don’t think people really saw this guy for what he was.
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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.
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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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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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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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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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