The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
ADAM MCKAYThe easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice.
ADAM MCKAYMy mom then got Pell Grants, put herself through college to get a degree to get a better job. Because we were broke, I then had to go to a state school.
ADAM MCKAYNothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
ADAM MCKAYHardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
ADAM MCKAYThe way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
ADAM MCKAYI’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.
ADAM MCKAYYou 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.
ADAM MCKAYAll we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
ADAM MCKAYWe’re always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.
ADAM MCKAYThere 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 MCKAYWe punch mirrors and we explore our darker selves. No, it’s just an amalgam of all newscasters that we grew up with. Sort of like before there was cable, when these people were like gods.
ADAM MCKAY“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
ADAM MCKAYBlazing Saddles’ is one of the funniest movies ever made.
ADAM MCKAYThe 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 MCKAYThe easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
ADAM MCKAYI think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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