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I always give myself a little part in every movie.

Adam McKay

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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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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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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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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This was the definition in Webster’s up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster’s and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
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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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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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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.
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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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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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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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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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“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
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