The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.
ADAM MCKAYIt’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.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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In general, the final filter of Hollywood is for-profit. Nothing goes through unless it can make money.
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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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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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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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Hollywood has to appeal to the broadest audience, and when it comes to most social and economic issues, America is progressive. Because of that, the messages that are in Hollywood movies tend to be, for instance, pro-environment.
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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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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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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I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we’d been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don’t think people really saw this guy for what he was.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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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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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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If all else fails, you can always be a pro.
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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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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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