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There's nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.

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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.

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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 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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There's a lot of things you can't control. But you can always be a pro.

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David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.

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'Blazing Saddles' is one of the funniest movies ever made.

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When you screen it the first couple times, you're just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit. 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. Sometimes you'll put something in and it will just die so hard that it'll almost kill the movie.

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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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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.

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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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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.

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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.

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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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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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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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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals - always funny.

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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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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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We get so much information during the day that doesn't really tell us anything.

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