“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
ADAM MCKAYIt’s just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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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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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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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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I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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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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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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The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying ’24-hour news’ almost has satire laced in it.
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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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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’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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