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.
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We 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 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.
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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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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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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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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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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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It so happens that America, according to all the polls that are out there, is pretty progressive. So you’re not going to see messages that support Ayn Randian individualism at the cost of the whole, because most people don’t agree with that.
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It’s just funny that Americans have to contend with 2000 channels, and 60 different specific news sources, and the confusion that it creates, and the junk that we get to see is hilarious.
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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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When you screen it the first couple times, you’re just trying to get the movie to work, trying to get the story to flow, trying to find out where your areas are where you have enough breath to laugh a little bit.
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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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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.
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Old man with an old phone. That’s never not funny.
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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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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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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.
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