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ADAM MCKAYI think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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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 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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I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.
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My mom then got Pell Grants, put herself through college to get a degree to get a better job. Because we were broke, I then had to go to a state school.
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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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I’m just a giant film fan, so I love action movies out of all kinds of movies. As a film geek, it’s amazing to be able to shoot this stuff.
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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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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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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 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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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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