“Firewall” seems both scary and protective at the same time. And how often does that happen within one word besides “military” and “government?”
ADAM MCKAYIn general foreign invested companies who come to America to start a company, to open a manufacturing business or whatnot, they actually provide much higher wages than American companies.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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As for movies, what’s great about comedy is that if your movie gets laughs and makes money, you have freedom.
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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Can anything good come of a backward way of thinking like judging someone based on skin color? No way.
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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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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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All you can really do as director is sort of set a tone.
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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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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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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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Animals talking are very rarely funny. But animals behaving as animals – always funny.
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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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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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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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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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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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