In 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.
ADAM MCKAYMost of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying ’24-hour news’ almost has satire laced in it.
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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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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 don’t think there’s ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that’s terrible and a lie.
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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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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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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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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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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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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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you’re not going to see messages that support Ayn Randian individualism at the cost of the whole, because most people don’t agree with that.
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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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