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I always give myself a little part in every movie.

Adam McKay

Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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You could feel America starting to ease up a little bit on racism, against blacks in certain pockets, and then suddenly The Cosby Show bubbled up and it was the right time for it.
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In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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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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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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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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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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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.
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I don’t want to speak for my movies; you could say my movies are just completely silly and dumb, but in the case of ‘Idiocracy’ and ‘Borat,’ without a doubt there is a really subversive and sophisticated assault on American culture.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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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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