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 MCKAYI don’t want to speak for my movies; you could say my movies are just completely silly and dumb, but in the case of ‘Idiocracy’ and ‘Borat,’ without a doubt there is a really subversive and sophisticated assault on American culture.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.
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There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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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.
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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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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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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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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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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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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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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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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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