Adam McKay Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Years Quotes

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.

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Any time Chris Nolan wants to call me for advice, he can.

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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. It's one thing to mess stuff up and break stuff, but [Borat] is really pointing out the ideology of America. 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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The easiest time to be funny is during a fairly serious situation. That way, you can break the ice. It's crazy, but even at funerals, people will get huge laughs.

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Hollywood is for-profit, is what Hollywood is. All the studios are owned by big, megacorporations that are the furthest thing from liberal you can possibly imagine.

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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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There's a lot of things you can't control. But you can always be a pro.

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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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I think that the job of art and culture is to jump on that time and realize that it's there and to push it just a little bit faster.

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Every time I wrote a sketch that was in my voice, Ferrell would just do it better.

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You have to be able to fail with the improv. You have to not care.

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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.

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In 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.

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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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Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement.

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There's nothing the people love more than a Federal Reserve joke.

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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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Normally when it hits two and a half, three hours, the audience gets exhausted and start yawning.

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I've gotten like five laughs in movies, just off guy hugs.

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