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I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.

Adam McKay

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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Directors Favorite Filmmaker People Probably
Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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Animal Behaving Funny Rarely Talking
Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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Exhausted Hit Normally Start Three Two Yawning
Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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Every Giving Little Movie Part
I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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Cultural Elite Myself
I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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Gotten Guy Hug Laugh Laughing Movie
There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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Always Control Pro Thing
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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Corporation Definition Exclude Mention Webster
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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Care People Sense Talking
Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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Funny Man never Old Phone
The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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Easiest Ice Serious Situation Break Time Way
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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Corporation Create Definition Fascism Merging State
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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Aiming Break Comedy Country Damage Dangerous Ideology People Possession
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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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.

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