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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.

Adam McKay

“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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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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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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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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In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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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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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.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 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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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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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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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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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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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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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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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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