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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.

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?”
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Government Military Scary
I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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Began Fact Hardly Plan Republican Socialism
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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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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I have certain beliefs about how people should treat employees and how companies should be run, but I was really surprised though this process to learn that those beliefs are actually good business.
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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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Cultural Elite Myself
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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It’s crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.
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I gotta say – if I clicked on a movie interview, and the first part was all about Walt Whitman, I’d love that article.
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In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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Every time a congressman or pundit says its ‘class warfare’ to increase taxes on the wealthy, it’s a massive lie.
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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it’s there and to push it just a little bit faster.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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Carrots Creative Creative Freedom
I went to Temple University, and had to get loans. So I grew up in a world where I saw the government helping individuals pull themselves up, and saw it work very successfully.
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