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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

Adam McKay

There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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Aspect Directing Mind People Place
I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we’d been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don’t think people really saw this guy for what he was.
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Country Culture Disengaged Government People Process Thinking
I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it’s there and to push it just a little bit faster.
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Art Culture Job Jump Little Push Realize Thinking
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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Dial Doing Finally First Funny Movie Point Screening Three Two Working
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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Government Helping Loan Show Successfully Themselves University World
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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Better Broke College Degree Grant Herself Job Mom Pell School State
We’re always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.
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Backbone Central Circle Everything Idea
Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
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Better Do Ferrel Just Time Voice Wrote
In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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Artistic General Little Minded More People Progressive
There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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Federal Joke More Nothing People Reserve
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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Able Action Amazing Fan Film Giant Kind Love Movie
There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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Improv Less People Something Think Thinking Truth Way
Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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Almost Die Hard Kill Movie Put Something
I gotta say – if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I’d love that article.
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Article Click First Interview Movie Part People Walt Whitman
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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Better Comedy Hustle Kung Fu Hustle Money Movie Thinking Year Yera
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

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