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The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that’s what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.

Adam McKay

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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There’s such an aggressively a political movement in the US that anything that smells of being political – even the term “political” is so ridiculous, when you think about it.
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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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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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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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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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So you’re doing that the first two or three screenings, and then finally, you dial the movie in and it’s working, and at that point, it’s 50/50 as far as what’s funny and what’s working.
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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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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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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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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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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.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that’s what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.

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The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that’s what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.

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