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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

I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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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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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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Every time a congressman or pundit says its ‘class warfare’ to increase taxes on the wealthy, it’s a massive lie.
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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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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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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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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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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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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I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process to learn that those beliefs are actually good business.
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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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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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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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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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The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers.
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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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I went to Temple University, and had to get loans. So I grew up in a world where I saw the government helping individuals pull themselves up, and saw it work very successfully.
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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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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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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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