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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

Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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Audience Comedy Expectation Most Perception
Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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Advice Call People Time Want
You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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Able Care Fail Failing Having Improv
The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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Easiest Ice Serious Situation Break Time Way
There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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Aspect Directing Mind People Place
I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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Cultural Elite Myself
Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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Carrots Creative Creative Freedom
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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Directors Favorite Filmmaker People Probably
Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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Funny Man never Old Phone
It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you’re not going to see messages that support Ayn Randian individualism at the cost of the whole, because most people don’t agree with that.
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According Country People Poll Pretty Progressive Support
Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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Animal Behaving Funny Rarely Talking
Benito Mussolini created the word ‘fascism.’ He defined it as ‘the merging of the state and the corporation.’ He also said a more accurate word would be ‘corporatism.’
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Corporation Create Definition Fascism Merging State
It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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Crazy Funeral Huge Laugh People
Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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Celebrity Dangerous Famous Folk People Regular
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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Aiming Break Comedy Country Damage Dangerous Ideology People Possession
The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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Funding Invasion Land Really Stopping Way

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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