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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.

Adam McKay

I always give myself a little part in every movie.
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Every Giving Little Movie Part
Blanket cynicism toward government has always existed.
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In general, people like that are going to be more progressive, more open minded, a little more altruistic.
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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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All we have is our vote. But it’s powerful.
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All Having Powerful Vote
Anyone in the comedy world knows that Horatio Sanz and Chris Parnell are two of the funniest guys around.
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Around Comedy Funniest Guy People Two World
You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.
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I grew up with a single mom who was a waitress. We were on food stamps.
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Grew Job Mom School Single Waitress
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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Nothing is funnier than confidently doing the wrong thing.
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Every time a congressman or pundit says its ‘class warfare’ to increase taxes on the wealthy, it’s a massive lie.
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It’s one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America.
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Dave Herman as Michael Bolton is one of my favorite performances ever.
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I don’t think there’s ever been a moment in history where that, as an artistic message, has played very well, because people in their hearts know that’s terrible and a lie.
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There’s such an aggressively a political movement in the US that anything that smells of being political – even the term “political” is so ridiculous, when you think about it.
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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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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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I could see how people get addicted to animation, and I understand why it’s so great for comedy. You can do whatever you want and it just happens.
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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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There’s a lot of things you can’t control. But you can always be a pro.
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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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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way you can break the ice.
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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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Most of what’s tricky about comedy is the perception of it and the audience’s expectation.
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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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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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It’s one thing to break stuff and damage people’s possessions, but when you start aiming at the ideology of America, that’s dangerous comedy.
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