We get so much information during the day that doesn’t really tell us anything.
ADAM MCKAYI’m not against banking. Banking allowed our modern society to happen, it is essential. It connects the work through finance, so banking is good.
More Adam McKay Quotes
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I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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I’ve gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.
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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.
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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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I think what’s dangerous [about comedy] is that you’re coming into the room announcing your intentions.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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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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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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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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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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The way you really stop Al-Qaeda is by stopping their funding. It’s not by carpet-bombing or land invasions or anything.
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Sometimes you’ll put something in and it will just die so hard that it’ll almost kill the movie.
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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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If you make action movies, the critics will savage you, and then your movies are outdated the following week with the new wave of special effects.
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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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