I always give myself a little part in every movie.
ADAM MCKAYI’m not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
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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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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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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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Benito Mussolini created the word ‘fascism.’ He defined it as ‘the merging of the state and the corporation.’ He also said a more accurate word would be ‘corporatism.’
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It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
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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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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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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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Hollywood is for-profit, is what Hollywood is. All the studios are owned by big, megacorporations that are the furthest thing from liberal you can possibly imagine.
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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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It’s one thing to break stuff and damage people’s possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that’s dangerous comedy.
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White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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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 easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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