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'SNL' is our main priority because that was our first big break.
~ Akiva Schaffer
Because
Big
Big Break
Break
First
Main
Our
Priority
SNL
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'The Watch' is first and foremost a comedy, but since I got to shoot the film using elements from the sci-fi genre, I wanted to make sure the alien didn't look goofy. I got to make a real alien that looks dangerous. That was a big plus for me because I got to do something really fun and cool.
~ Akiva Schaffer
Alien
Because
Big
Comedy
Cool
Dangerous
Elements
Film
First
Foremost
Fun
Genre
Goofy
Got
Look
Looks
Make
Me
Plus
Real
Really
Sci-Fi
Shoot
Since
Something
Sure
Using
Wanted
Watch
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All of our heroes did silly stuff early and got more serious as time went on. Steve Martin, Adam Sandler, Bill Murray. They got older, wiser, and made different choices.
~ Akiva Schaffer
Adam
Adam Sandler
Bill
Bill Murray
Choices
Did
Different
Early
Got
Heroes
Made
Martin
More
Older
Our
Serious
Silly
Steve
Steve Martin
Stuff
Time
Wiser
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Cartoons are the best stuff on TV. 'Wonder Showzen,' 'Aqua Teen,' 'SpongeBob,' and, of course, 'South Park' - one of the funniest shows ever made.
~ Akiva Schaffer
Best
Cartoons
Course
Ever
Funniest
Made
Park
Shows
South
South Park
Stuff
Teen
TV
Wonder
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I find that 'Ghostbusters' and 'Alien' actually have a lot in common in that they're both so naturalistic in the performances. It feels like people you could be hanging out with right now in this room, yet they're on a spaceship or killing ghosts. But the way they talk is never heightened or otherwordly.
~ Akiva Schaffer
Actually
Alien
Both
Common
Could
Feels
Find
Ghosts
Hanging
Like
Lot
Never
Now
Out
People
Performance
Right
Room
Spaceship
Talk
Way
You
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I take a lot of ladies' vitamins, because I never buy my own and that's what's in the house. More iron.
~ Akiva Schaffer
Because
Buy
House
Iron
Ladies
Lot
More
My Own
Never
Own
Take
Vitamins
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I'm all about 'Halo 2'.
~ Akiva Schaffer
About
Halo
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I've always loved music videos - I used to make my own for bands like Pearl Jam. My favorite directors are Michel Gondry, Spike Jonze, and Patrick Daughters.
~ Akiva Schaffer
Always
Bands
Daughters
Directors
Favorite
Jam
Like
Loved
Make
Music
Music Videos
My Own
Own
Pearl
Pearl Jam
Spike
Used
Videos
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Nothing is better than the moment you have Michael Bolton dressed as Forrest Gump and you see it in action.
~ Akiva Schaffer
Action
Better
Dressed
Michael
Moment
Nothing
See
Than
You
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One time, my mom told us, 'No TV.' It was 3 P.M., and I was sneaking it in. She put her hand on the back of the TV to see if it was warm, and it was. So she pulled the cord out of the wall, opened the second-floor window, and just threw it out the window.
~ Akiva Schaffer
Back
Cord
Hand
Her
Just
Mom
One Time
Opened
Out
Pulled
Put
See
She
Sneaking
Threw
Time
TV
Us
Wall
Warm
Window
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What 'SNL' taught me that was useful on 'The Watch' was, only put in bad words if they can get a laugh - there was no need for swear words and beeps in places that weren't necessary. Those beeps should only be in there when they mean something and it's important to the joke.
~ Akiva Schaffer
Bad
Get
Important
Joke
Laugh
Me
Mean
Necessary
Need
Only
Places
Put
Should
SNL
Something
Swear
Taught
Those
Useful
Watch
Were
Words
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With a lot of those 'S.N.L.' shorts, we would do them just as we wanted to do them and then beep out the bad words. Since it was late night T.V., they let us get away with a lot.
~ Akiva Schaffer
Away
Bad
Get
Just
Late
Late-Night
Let Us
Lot
Night
Out
Shorts
Since
Them
Then
Those
Us
Wanted
Words
Would
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You learn, even at 'S.N.L.,' that the funniest scripts a lot of the time were written with the actor, because they know what makes people laugh. It's always going to be better if they own it.
~ Akiva Schaffer
Actor
Always
Because
Better
Even
Funniest
Going
Know
Laugh
Learn
Lot
Makes
Own
People
Scripts
Time
Were
Written
You
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