There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
ADAM MCKAYObamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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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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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
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The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.
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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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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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It’s just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it’s so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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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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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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