Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
ADAM MCKAYDave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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Benito Mussolini created the word ‘fascism.’ He defined it as ‘the merging of the state and the corporation.’ He also said a more accurate word would be ‘corporatism.’
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“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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I’m just a giant film fan, so I love action movies out of all kinds of movies. As a film geek, it’s amazing to be able to shoot this stuff.
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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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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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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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We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
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Everyone is sort of in their own little area counting lines and no one talks when film’s not rolling. There’s constantly actors coming to me back behind the monitor screaming at me, “Why did my line count drop?” It’s a nasty tense environment.
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