I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
ADAM MCKAYI think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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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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This was the definition in Webster’s up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster’s and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
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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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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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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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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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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There’s such an aggressively a political movement in the US that anything that smells of being political – even the term “political” is so ridiculous, when you think about it.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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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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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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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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