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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.

Adam McKay

The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying ’24-hour news’ almost has satire laced in it.
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Hour Idea Insane News Pretty Twenty Four
It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
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Break Country Ideology Mes Pointing Really Stuff
All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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Director Do Really Tone
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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Artistic Heart History Lying Message Moment Played Thinking Well
Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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Anything Backward Color Judging Skin Someone Thinking
Hollywood is for-profit, is what Hollywood is. All the studios are owned by big, megacorporations that are the furthest thing from liberal you can possibly imagine.
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Bigs Hollywood Imagine
If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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Else Fail Failing Pro
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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Allowed Banking Essential Finance Modern Society
Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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Carrots Creative Creative Freedom
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
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
I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it’s there and to push it just a little bit faster.
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Art Culture Job Jump Little Push Realize Thinking
In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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Filter Final General Hollywood Money Profit
I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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Grew Job Mom School Single Waitress
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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Action Critic Following Movie Outdated Savage Special Weekend
All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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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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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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