I always give myself a little part in every movie.
ADAM MCKAYThere’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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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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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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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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Everyone is sort of in their own little area counting lines and no one talks when film’s not rolling. There’s constantly actors coming to me back behind the monitor screaming at me, “Why did my line count drop?” It’s a nasty tense environment.
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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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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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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For my money, I don’t think there’s been a better comedy than ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.
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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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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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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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