black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.

Adam McKay

I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
ADAM MCKAY

Gotten Guy Hug Laugh Laughing Movie
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.
ADAM MCKAY

Government Helping Loan Show Successfully Themselves University World
We’re always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.
ADAM MCKAY

Backbone Central Circle Everything Idea
Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
ADAM MCKAY

Carrots Creative Creative Freedom
Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
ADAM MCKAY

Celebrity Dangerous Famous Folk People Regular
I’m just a giant film fan, so I love action movies out of all kinds of movies. As a film geek, it’s amazing to be able to shoot this stuff.
ADAM MCKAY

Able Action Amazing Fan Film Giant Kind Love Movie
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.
ADAM MCKAY

Country Culture Disengaged Government People Process Thinking
I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
ADAM MCKAY

Grew Job Mom School Single Waitress
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.
ADAM MCKAY

Aiming Break Comedy Country Damage Dangerous Ideology People Possession
“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
The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
ADAM MCKAY

Easiest Ice Serious Situation Break Time Way
If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
ADAM MCKAY

Action Critic Following Movie Outdated Savage Special Weekend
As for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
ADAM MCKAY

Comedy Freedom Laugh Laughing Make Making Money
Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
ADAM MCKAY

Confidently Funnier Nothing Wrong Thing
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.
ADAM MCKAY

Better Comedy Hustle Kung Fu Hustle Money Movie Thinking Year Yera
Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
ADAM MCKAY

Dave Favorite People Favorite Performance

I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Adam McKay Quotes