White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
ADAM MCKAYIt’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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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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It’s one thing to break stuff and damage people’s possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that’s dangerous comedy.
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There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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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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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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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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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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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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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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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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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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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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