As for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
ADAM MCKAYThere are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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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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I 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.
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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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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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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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For a documentary it’s so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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The one thing for sure is, I don’t ever want to waste a movie. I don’t ever want to waste effort.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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