Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
ADAM MCKAYThe easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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So you’re doing that the first two or three screenings, and then finally, you dial the movie in and it’s working, and at that point, it’s 50/50 as far as what’s funny and what’s working.
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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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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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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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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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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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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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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process to learn that those beliefs are actually good business.
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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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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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