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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.

Adam McKay

The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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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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The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.
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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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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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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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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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It’s just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.
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Channel Confusion Contend Country Different Junk Source Specific
In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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We punch mirrors and we explore our darker selves. No, it’s just an amalgam of all newscasters that we grew up with. Sort of like before there was cable, when these people were like gods.
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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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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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