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.
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MARK MORRIS But, you know there's a lot of westerns - not that they were bad - it's just that they can b... TOM SELLECK There was one vampire movie that Gerard Butler was in, 'Dracula 2000,' and they touched on s... AMY HECKERLING I had two primary cancers, which was pretty unusual. And when I got the second one, people told me s... SAM TAYLOR-WOOD If you can believe it, Hollywood wanted to change my birthdate. I was born after Valentine's Day... CESAR ROMERO I was dyslexic - was, still am - 'cause I would see words that weren't there. And people jus... TIM CONWAY When it's your words, and then you watch it connect with an audience as the artist, I kinda refl... BRETT YOUNG Right now I think censorship is necessary; the things they're doing and saying in films right no... MAE WEST 'The State' was a huge thing for me. I watched that and 'SNL' together when I was 15... BILL HADER There's so much bullying with young people and them feeling like they can't come out, and th... 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