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You think of movies like 'Midnight Run' and '48 Hours', those are great movies, especially 'Midnight Run.'

In the past, in the '60s and '70s, genres were much more segmented. You had action guys who were deadly serious about it, and I think you had comics that were comics.

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Nowadays, the truth is, I think a lot of the newer generation of action stars usually are pretty self-deprecating and cool. I mean, Dwayne Johnson is a great example.

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You can't really do a big character in an action film; you're already suspending your disbelief in the action, then to suspend your disbelief in the character is too much.

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I am actually talking about possibly adapting 'The Boys,' by Garth Ennis, which would not be a comedy, but an action movie with comedy elements to it.

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My wife is pretty geeky and will occasionally quote 'Anchorman' at me.

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

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Things I used to get in trouble for writing at 'SNL,' suddenly other people like it.

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We, Will Ferrell and I, were approached by Sequoia, which is a big financing firm up in Palo Alto; they do a lot of Internet stuff, and they came to us and said they had an idea for a comedy site, and Will and I were sorta like, 'Yeah, we don't know. It's the Internet, we've seen it come and go.'

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A lot of shorts spend too much time setting up the idea; sometimes they meander.

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