We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
ADAM MCKAYEvery time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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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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This was the definition in Webster’s up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster’s and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
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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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Benito Mussolini created the word ‘fascism.’ He defined it as ‘the merging of the state and the corporation.’ He also said a more accurate word would be ‘corporatism.’
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It’s just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
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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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White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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I don’t think there’s ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that’s terrible and a lie.
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