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Adam McKay

We punch mirrors and we explore our darker selves. No, it’s just an amalgam of all newscasters that we grew up with. Sort of like before there was cable, when these people were like gods.
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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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Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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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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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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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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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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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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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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You could feel America starting to ease up a little bit on racism, against blacks in certain pockets, and then suddenly The Cosby Show bubbled up and it was the right time for it.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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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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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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