Adam McKay on culture
Adam McKay80 quotes“I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we’d been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don’t think people really saw this guy for what he was.”
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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
Adam McKayAdam McKay You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
Adam McKayAdam McKay Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
Adam McKayAdam McKay Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
Adam McKayAdam McKay If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
Adam McKayAdam McKay Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
Adam McKayAdam McKay As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
Adam McKayAdam McKay White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
Adam McKayAdam McKay There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
Adam McKayAdam McKay Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
Adam McKayAdam McKay The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that’s what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.
Adam McKayAdam McKay The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.
Adam McKayAdam McKay Every time a congressman or pundit says its ‘class warfare’ to increase taxes on the wealthy, it’s a massive lie.
Adam McKayAdam McKay There’s such an aggressively a political movement in the US that anything that smells of being political – even the term “political” is so ridiculous, when you think about it.
Adam McKayAdam McKay In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
Adam McKayAdam McKay I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it’s so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.
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