I gotta say – if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I’d love that article.
ADAM MCKAYEvery time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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As for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
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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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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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Benito Mussolini created the word ‘fascism.’ He defined it as ‘the merging of the state and the corporation.’ He also said a more accurate word would be ‘corporatism.’
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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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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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You could feel America starting to ease up a little bit on racism, against blacks in certain pockets, and then suddenly The Cosby Show bubbled up and it was the right time for it.
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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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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’re always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.
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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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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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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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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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