Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
ADAM MCKAYWe’re always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you’re not going to see messages that support Ayn Randian individualism at the cost of the whole, because most people don’t agree with that.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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I went to Temple University, and had to get loans. So I grew up in a world where I saw the government helping individuals pull themselves up, and saw it work very successfully.
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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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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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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As for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
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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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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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I don’t want to speak for my movies; you could say my movies are just completely silly and dumb, but in the case of ‘Idiocracy’ and ‘Borat,’ without a doubt there is a really subversive and sophisticated assault on American culture.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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