For my money, I don’t think there’s been a better comedy than ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in a lot of years. That movie just knocked me over.
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.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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There’s always way less improv than people think. The truth is something like 15 percent.
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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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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.
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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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David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He’s not only a great director, but he’s also a great writer.
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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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I’m not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
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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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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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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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Obamacare is a private mandate that will drive billions to the insurance industry, much like the auto insurance mandate.
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The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.
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Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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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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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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