I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
ADAM MCKAYAnimals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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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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Celebrities and ‘famous’ people are just regular folks. I know, it’s a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.
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For my money, I don’t think there’s been a better comedy than ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.
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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.
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This was the definition in Webster’s up until 1987 when a corporation bought Webster’s and changed it to exclude any mention of corporations.
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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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It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
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White-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
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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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“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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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He’s not only a great director, but he’s also a great writer.
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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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