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For my money, I don’t think there’s been a better comedy than ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.

Adam McKay

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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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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Every Giving Little Movie Part
If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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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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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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I gotta say – if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I’d love that article.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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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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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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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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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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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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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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I went to Temple University, and had to get loans. So I grew up in a world where I saw the government helping individuals pull themselves up, and saw it work very successfully.
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For my money, I don’t think there’s been a better comedy than ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.

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For my money, I don’t think there’s been a better comedy than ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.

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