I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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Hollywood has to appeal to the broadest audience, and when it comes to most social and economic issues, America is progressive. Because of that, the messages that are in Hollywood movies tend to be, for instance, pro-environment.
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I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it’s so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.
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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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The only way that Hollywood ever skews toward liberal is because part of what we make out of Hollywood involves writers, actors, directors, musicians, set designers, and photographers.
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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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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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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process to learn that those beliefs are actually good business.
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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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Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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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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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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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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