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.
ADAM MCKAYI would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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There’s such an aggressively a political movement in the US that anything that smells of being political – even the term “political” is so ridiculous, when you think about it.
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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 that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it’s there and to push it just a little bit faster.
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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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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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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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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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I’m not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
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The one thing for sure is, I don’t ever want to waste a movie. I don’t ever want to waste effort.
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For a documentary it’s so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film
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“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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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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In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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