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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.

Adam McKay

So you’re doing that the first two or three screenings, and then finally, you dial the movie in and it’s working, and at that point, it’s 50/50 as far as what’s funny and what’s working.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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I’m not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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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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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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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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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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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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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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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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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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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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