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As for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.

Adam McKay

I’m not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
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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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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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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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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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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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The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that’s what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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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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For my money, I don’t think there’s been a better comedy than ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.
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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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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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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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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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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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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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