I think that comedy can act like an anesthetic, so you can talk about relatively painful things and have it be palatable.
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When you're making a comedy about really serious issues, you're kind of in the position of being an idiot savant. You're using the vocabulary of broad comedy to talk about what's most important. And I don't have a Michael Moore-like urge to offend people or get people angry at me. If anything, that idea stresses me out.Paul Weitz
For me, it's incredibly fun -- especially once you get, like, a little bit of success. People in Hollywood are loath to tell you when they think that you're being stupid, but your brother's always willing.
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I'm not a conspiracy theorist. I genuinely believe people in the administration went to war in Iraq for a dream, to create a liberal democracy in the Middle East, the only problem being it's a little more difficult than that.
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I would start my day reading the papers and feeling anxious about terrorism ... then by evening, I was watching TV and worrying about whether Constantine was going to get kicked off American Idol . I thought there was something strange about this picture.
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The movie examines the role of dreams and ambitions in American culture. It's about what's wrong with America and how close it is to what's right with America.
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