Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
ADAM MCKAYFor 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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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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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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You could feel America starting to ease up a little bit on racism, against blacks in certain pockets, and then suddenly The Cosby Show bubbled up and it was the right time for it.
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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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The one thing for sure is, I don’t ever want to waste a movie. I don’t ever want to waste effort.
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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Hollywood has to appeal to the broadest audience, and when it comes to most social and economic issues, America is progressive. Because of that, the messages that are in Hollywood movies tend to be, for instance, pro-environment.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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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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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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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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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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