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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.

Adam McKay

The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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Crazy Fairly Funny Ice People Serious Situation
There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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Aspect Directing Mind People Place
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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Country Culture Disengaged Government People Process Thinking
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.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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There are so many shoot-’em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.
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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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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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Every Giving Little Movie Part
Everyone is sort of in their own little area counting lines and no one talks when film’s not rolling. There’s constantly actors coming to me back behind the monitor screaming at me, “Why did my line count drop?” It’s a nasty tense environment.
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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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Every time a congressman or pundit says its ‘class warfare’ to increase taxes on the wealthy, it’s a massive lie.
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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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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Always Blanket Cynicism Excited Government Toward
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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Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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