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My mom then got Pell Grants, put herself through college to get a degree to get a better job. Because we were broke, I then had to go to a state school.

Adam McKay

It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
ADAM MCKAY

Crazy Funeral Huge Laugh People
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.
ADAM MCKAY

Thinking Tv Shows Years
“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
ADAM MCKAY

Government Military Scary
We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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Anything Day Information Much Really Tell
I gotta say – if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I’d love that article.
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Article Click First Interview Movie Part People Walt Whitman
The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying ’24-hour news’ almost has satire laced in it.
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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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Always Control Pro Thing
White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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All Having Powerful Vote
I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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Gotten Guy Hug Laugh Laughing Movie
I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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Cultural Elite Myself
You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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Able Care Fail Failing Having Improv
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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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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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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Corporation Definition Exclude Mention Webster
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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My mom then got Pell Grants, put herself through college to get a degree to get a better job. Because we were broke, I then had to go to a state school.

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My mom then got Pell Grants, put herself through college to get a degree to get a better job. Because we were broke, I then had to go to a state school.

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