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Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.

Adam McKay

Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.
ADAM MCKAY

Better Do Ferrel Just Time Voice Wrote
I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.
ADAM MCKAY

Care People Sense Talking
I went to Temple University, and had to get loans. So I grew up in a world where I saw the government helping individuals pull themselves up, and saw it work very successfully.
ADAM MCKAY

Government Helping Loan Show Successfully Themselves University World
The one thing for sure is, I don’t ever want to waste a movie. I don’t ever want to waste effort.
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Effort Movie One Sure Thing Want Waste
There are so many shoot-’em-up, action, jingoistic TV shows and movies that are made every year. I think the final line is that Hollywood is populist.
ADAM MCKAY

Thinking Tv Shows Years
There are many aspects to directing that have a romantic place in people’s minds.
ADAM MCKAY

Aspect Directing Mind People Place
The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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Easiest Ice Serious Situation Break Time Way
“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
ADAM MCKAY

Government Military Scary
I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
ADAM MCKAY

Gotten Guy Hug Laugh Laughing Movie
It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
ADAM MCKAY

Break Country Ideology Mes Pointing Really Stuff
If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
ADAM MCKAY

Else Fail Failing Pro
As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
ADAM MCKAY

Audience Far Hate Listen Something
As for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
ADAM MCKAY

Comedy Freedom Laugh Laughing Make Making Money
For a documentary it’s so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film
ADAM MCKAY

Anand Thakur
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

Dial Doing Finally First Funny Movie Point Screening Three Two Working
It’s one thing to break stuff and damage people’s possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that’s dangerous comedy.
ADAM MCKAY

Aiming Break Comedy Country Damage Dangerous Ideology People Possession

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