You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
ADAM MCKAYAny time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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Hollywood has to appeal to the broadest audience, and when it comes to most social and economic issues, America is progressive. Because of that, the messages that are in Hollywood movies tend to be, for instance, pro-environment.
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I’m not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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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 always give myself a little part in every movie.
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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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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When you screen it the first couple times, you’re just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit.
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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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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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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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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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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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There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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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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