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We're shaking up a format, which I think is always a good thing. The thing about [2011 Oscar hosts] James [Franco] and Anne [Hathaway] is, they've both hosted Saturday Night Live, and they both did a good job at it. So they are accustomed to working with short rehearsal time, and live, lots of pressure, rewrites, things like that. They can make quick changes, which is very advantageous, and they're skilled comedians.

Bruce Vilanch's Popular Quotes

I've written about 15 screenplays and they all sold - they were all sold on pitches.

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It's the biggest party in the world, and you have to keep the whole thing percolating, which is difficult because a lot of awards most people don't c…

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I think probably the best example was the year Jack Palance dropped down and gave us push-ups when he accepted his award for supporting actor. Then w…

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I mean, if they're doing a television show every night like Jon Stewart, or Ellen, or David Letterman, then they have their bunch of people who are s…

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I have one rave New York Times review framed next to a flop Los Angeles Times review. And it's for the same show. These people watched the same show.…

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I do a lot of screen re-writing.

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Now what's important is that they have an attitude. Everybody has a look, but not everybody has cultivated what their stage persona is. And so when y…

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You know, you have to do homework. You listen to who they are, what they do. I also compare it to designing clothes for people. If somebody brings in…

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What makes me laugh? Richard Nixon always made me laugh.

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