Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
ADAM MCKAYBlanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
ADAM MCKAYIt’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.
ADAM MCKAYAnyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
ADAM MCKAYI 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.
ADAM MCKAYSo you’re doing that the first two or three screenings, and then finally, you dial the movie in and it’s working, and at that point, it’s 50/50 as far as what’s funny and what’s working.
ADAM MCKAYI grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
ADAM MCKAYDavid O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He’s not only a great director, but he’s also a great writer.
ADAM MCKAYDave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
ADAM MCKAYWhite-collar crime has been marketed – billions of dollars have been put in to have us be bored by it.
ADAM MCKAYWe get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
ADAM MCKAYWe’re always looking for the backbone, the central idea, and once you have that you know everything can circle around it.
ADAM MCKAYAs for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
ADAM MCKAYAnimals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
ADAM MCKAYThere’s nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.
ADAM MCKAYI 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.
ADAM MCKAYI 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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