Adam McKay Quotes, Voice Quotes

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

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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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There's such an aggressively apolitical movement in the US that anything that smells of being political - even the term "political" is so ridiculous, when you think about it. The worst part of governing, the political side, is the grossest part, so that's what they call it. So anything that reeks of that immediately gets tuned out by 70 percent of the population.

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

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

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

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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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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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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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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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For a documentary it's so important to find the characters and to find people who will give you access to film

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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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As far as how much you listen to the audience, you listen to them when they really hate something.

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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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I think American culture had just become so disengaged from the process of government, and we'd been so fuzzed out by our pop culture around us, that I don't think people really saw this guy for what he was.

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The one thing for sure is, I don't ever want to waste a movie. I don't ever want to waste effort.

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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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