If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
ADAM MCKAYFor a documentary it’s so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film
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White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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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 don’t think there’s ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that’s terrible and a lie.
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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
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It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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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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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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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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“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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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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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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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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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that’s what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.
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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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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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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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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying ’24-hour news’ almost has satire laced in it.
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