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The one thing for sure is, I don’t ever want to waste a movie. I don’t ever want to waste effort.

Adam McKay

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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Hour Idea Insane News Pretty Twenty Four
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.
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Artistic Heart History Lying Message Moment Played Thinking Well
Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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Almost Die Hard Kill Movie Put Something
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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Better Broke College Degree Grant Herself Job Mom Pell School State
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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Couple First Laughing Movie Screen Time Trying Work
If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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Action Critic Following Movie Outdated Savage Special Weekend
We’re always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.
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Backbone Central Circle Everything Idea
Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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Dave Favorite People Favorite Performance
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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Bigs Hollywood Imagine
Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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Advice Call People Time Want
Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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Improv Less People Something Think Thinking Truth Way
It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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Crazy Funeral Huge Laugh People
Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
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Better Do Ferrel Just Time Voice Wrote
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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I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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