The idea of 24-hour news, if you really step back, is pretty insane. Just even saying ’24-hour news’ almost has satire laced in it.
ADAM MCKAYThe one thing for sure is, I don’t ever want to waste a movie. I don’t ever want to waste effort.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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There’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
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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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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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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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.
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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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I don’t want to speak for my movies; you could say my movies are just completely silly and dumb, but in the case of ‘Idiocracy’ and ‘Borat,’ without a doubt there is a really subversive and sophisticated assault on American culture.
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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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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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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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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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My 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.
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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.
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