It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
ADAM MCKAYCan anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
More Adam McKay Quotes
-
-
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.
ADAM MCKAY -
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.
ADAM MCKAY -
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.
ADAM MCKAY -
Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
ADAM MCKAY -
I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
ADAM MCKAY -
If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
ADAM MCKAY -
Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
ADAM MCKAY -
Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
ADAM MCKAY -
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.
ADAM MCKAY -
There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
ADAM MCKAY -
In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
ADAM MCKAY -
This was the definition in Webster’s up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster’s and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
ADAM MCKAY -
Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
ADAM MCKAY -
As for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
ADAM MCKAY -
Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
ADAM MCKAY