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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

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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Class Every Increase Lying Tax Time Warfare Wealthy
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
The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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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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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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Better Broke College Degree Grant Herself Job Mom Pell School State
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
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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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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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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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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Dave Favorite People Favorite Performance
I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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Every Giving Little Movie Part
In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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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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