The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
ADAM MCKAYCelebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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In general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much higher wages than American companies.
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I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it’s there and to push it just a little bit faster.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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Blazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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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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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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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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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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