When you screen it the first couple times, you’re just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit.
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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.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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When you screen it the first couple times, you’re just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit.
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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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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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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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Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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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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We punch mirrors and we explore our darker selves. No, it’s just an amalgam of all newscasters that we grew up with. Sort of like before there was cable, when these people were like gods.
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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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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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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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