I got the sense that Alabama is a place where people don’t want handouts and don’t much care for people talking out of the side of their mouth.
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.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we’d been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don’t think people really saw this guy for what he was.
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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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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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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 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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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.
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For a documentary it’s so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film
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Hardly socialism. In fact, it was a Republican plan to begin with.
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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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I would never call myself cultural elite, but you might be cultural elite.
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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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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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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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We’re always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.
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I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it’s so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.
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