It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you’re not going to see messages that support Ayn Randian individualism at the cost of the whole, because most people don’t agree with that.
ADAM MCKAYNormally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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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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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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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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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.
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I don’t think there’s ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that’s terrible and a lie.
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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 a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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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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Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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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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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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