As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
ADAM MCKAYIn general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much higher wages than American companies.
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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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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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“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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I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.
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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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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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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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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it’s so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.
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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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When you screen it the first couple times, you’re just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit.
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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