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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.

Adam McKay

Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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Almost Die Hard Kill Movie Put Something
If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.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Action Critic Following Movie Outdated Savage Special Weekend
Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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Advice Call People Time Want
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
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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Corporation Definition Exclude Mention Webster
I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we’d been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don’t think people really saw this guy for what he was.
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Country Culture Disengaged Government People Process Thinking
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
“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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Government Military Scary
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
We’re always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.
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Backbone Central Circle Everything Idea
It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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Crazy Funeral Huge Laugh People
Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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Funny Man never Old Phone
I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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Announcing Comedy Dangerous Intention Room Thinking
All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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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
Everyone is sort of in their own little area counting lines and no one talks when film’s not rolling. There’s constantly actors coming to me back behind the monitor screaming at me, “Why did my line count drop?” It’s a nasty tense environment.
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Actor Area Counting Everyone Line Rolling Sort Talk

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