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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.

Adam McKay

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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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Always Blanket Cynicism Excited Government Toward
All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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All Having Powerful Vote
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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Darker Explore Mirror People Punch Shelve
Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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Every Giving Little Movie Part
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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Corporation Create Definition Fascism Merging State
“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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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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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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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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In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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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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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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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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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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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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Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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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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Billion Fact Industry Drive Obamacare Private Republican
I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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Cultural Elite Myself
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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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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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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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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