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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.

Adam McKay

I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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For my money, I don’t think there’s been a better comedy than ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.
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The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
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Every time a congressman or pundit says its ‘class warfare’ to increase taxes on the wealthy, it’s a massive lie.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.
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There are so many shoot-’em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.
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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.

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